2009.90.71: The Camden Town Murder (The Large Plate)

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2009.90.71

People

Walter Sickert, British (Munich, Germany 1860 - 1942 Bathampton, Somerset, England)

Title

The Camden Town Murder (The Large Plate)

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

1908

Culture

British

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/11561

Physical Descriptions

Technique

Etching and aquatint

Dimensions

plate: 25 x 19.6 cm (9 13/16 x 7 11/16 in.)
sheet: 29.8 x 25.5 cm (11 3/4 x 10 1/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: lower left: Sickert 1908
• inscription: verso center, graphite pencil: The Camden Town Murder (Smaller plate)
• inscription: verso u.l. corner, graphite pencil: No. 23
• inscription: l.l., ink, signed, in artist's hand: Sickert 1908

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Ruth and Joseph Bromberg, sold through The Fine Art Society, 2005; [Clive Farahar & Sophie Dupre, Cale Wiltshire May 24 2006]; Patricia Cornwell; Harvard Art Museum

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State

i/II

Standard Reference Number

Br. 132

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Patricia Cornwell

Copyright

© Estate of Walter Richard Sickert / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Accession Year

2009

Object Number

2009.90.71

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• The Fine Art Society, The Ruth and Joseph Bromberg Collection of Sickert Prints and Drawings, exh. cat., The Fine Art Society (2004), pp. 42-44

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