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Charles Henry Bennett
1829-1867
Madam Rain / CHB.
[London : s.n., 1864?]
wood engraving
image: 139 x 95 mm; sheet: 280 x 226 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.1284
Notes
Title from published caption.
Proof of a wood engraving on india paper after an illustration by Charles Bennett for Emily Makepeace's translation of Paul De Musset's Mr. Wind and Madam Rain. London : Sampson Low, Son, & Co., 1864, p. 51.
Proof of a wood engraving on india paper after an illustration by Charles Bennett for Emily Makepeace's translation of Paul De Musset's Mr. Wind and Madam Rain. London : Sampson Low, Son, & Co., 1864, p. 51.
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Illustration shows Madam Rain holding up a sash forming a rainbow and raining on a group of castle guards and the miller in his cabbage patch.
Associated names
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Artist
Classification
Department
Century prints
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