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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
The Violin Maker
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.

The Violin Maker

Artist Stanley Anderson (British, 1884 - 1966)
CultureEnglish
Date1948
MediumEngraving on laid paper
DimensionsOverall, Image: 5 15/16 × 6 11/16 in. (15.1 × 17 cm)
Overall, Sheet: 11 11/16 × 10 in. (29.7 × 25.4 cm)
Overall, Mat: 14 1/4 x 19 1/4 in. (36.2 x 48.9 cm)
InscribedInitialed on plate within triangular tool in upper left corner: "SA." Edition number written in graphite below platemark, lower left: "Ed.=65." Signed in graphite below platemark, lower right: "Stanley Anderson." Title and type of print written in graphite, lower left of center: "The Violin-maker. (Line-egraving.)." Edition size written in graphite, lower right of center: "Edition 65 prints." Number written in graphite, lower right corner: "292."
MarkingsWatermarked near bottom edge: "O.W.P. & A.C.L." [O.W. Paper & Arts Co. Ltd.]
Credit LineAnonymous Donor
Object number49.6.2
Not on view
DescriptionA violin craftsman at work by a window with a cat on a chair beside him and tools on the wall behind him.
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