Gordon Browne
1858-1932
After the Battle, the Plunderers of the Dead
1877
7 11/16 x 11 3/16 inches (196 x 284 mm)
Watercolor on paper.
1986.2243
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Title from item.
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed "Gordon Browne 1877" at lower right; title inscribed in pencil on verso.
Summary
Drawing shows a man in 17th century dress reaching down to seize a trumpet lying across the body of a soldier who lies dead in a flooded field, flanked by the bodies of other fallen men.
Associated names
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
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Classification
Century Drawings
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