Frank Meadow Sutcliffe
The Water Rats

ArtistBritish, 1853–1941
CultureBritish
Titles
  • The Water Rats
Date1886
PlaceEngland
MediumGelatin silver print with toning
DimensionsImage: 9 1/4 × 12 in. (23.5 × 30.5 cm)
Sheet: 9 3/4 × 12 5/16 in. (24.8 × 31.3 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Mary Lawrence Porter
Object number97.26
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance[Charles Isaacs Photographs, Inc., Malvern, Pennsylvania]; purchased by MFAH, 1997.
Exhibition HistoryCharles Issacs Photography/MFAH; One Great Night in November 1996, MFAH

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscription: In pencil, verso: "Water Rats/Copyright No. 115 Frank Sutcliffe/Whitby."
The photograph is signed in pencil on image, lower right corner.

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