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Tea party
(late 1870s-1880s)
Medium
wood engraving and pencil on chine collé
Measurements
23.0 × 27.9 cm irreg. (sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1906
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Edition
trial proof
Inscription
printed in ink (in image) l.l.: HY Furniss
printed in ink (in image) l.r.: Swain sc.
inscribed in pencil u.c.: Crosscut, very finely. background (illeg.; stares?) too much at present
inscribed in pencil c.r.: try & get mouth thus: (note: followed by a sketch of a mouth in profile)
inscribed in pencil l.l.: Lighter inside of cups
inscribed in pencil l.c.: “Tea party”
inscribed in pencil l.r.: Lighter w cross.
Accession Number
771.33-2
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Subjects (general)
Another Work Human Figures Relationships and Interactions
Subjects (specific)
accidents dog (species) men (male humans) parties (events) social functions tea services teas (meals) women (female humans)