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Sir John Gilbert
1817-1897
Children with donkey
[London : s.n., 18--]
wood engraving
image: approx. 117 x 80 mm; sheet: 156 x 112 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.897
Notes
Block signed with the artist's initials and the engraver's name.
Library's copy mounted on cardstock.
Proof on India paper of a wood engraving by Swain after an illustration by John Gilbert for an unidentified publication.
Library's copy mounted on cardstock.
Proof on India paper of a wood engraving by Swain after an illustration by John Gilbert for an unidentified publication.
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Vignette illustration of three ragged children with a donkey; the smallest of the children sits on the donkey's back, waving what appears to be a laurel bough, while a little barefoot girl at left offers the animal handfuls of vegetation. In the background, a fourth child runs across a green while two women converse in front of a gate.
Associated names
Swain, Joseph, 1820-1909, engraver.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Classification
Department
Century prints
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