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The rookery, Polperro

Frank SHORT
The rookery, Polperro
 (1888)

Medium
etching printed in brown ink

Measurements
20.1 × 8.5 cm (image and plate) 22.2 × 12.0 cm irreg. (sheet)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Brigadier W.E. Clark, 1957

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
London, England

Catalogue/s Raisonné
Hardie 224; Strange 81

Inscription
printed in brown ink (in image) l.l.: S (in shield)
printed in brown ink (in image) l.c.l.: The Rookery
inscribed in pencil l.c.r.: Frank Short to F. Goulding
inscribed in pencil l.l.: Polperro. The Rookery

Accession Number
1383.147-5

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

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Subjects (general)
Cityscapes

Subjects (specific)
coastal towns lanes (roads) Polperro (inhabited place) townscapes (representations) United Kingdom (nation)

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