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Charles Henry Bennett
1829-1867
[Frontispiece for "Mr. Wind and Madam Rain] / CHB ; Swain.
[London : s.n., 1864?]
wood engraving
image: 139 x 93 mm; sheet: 280 x 225 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.1276
Notes
Title supplied by cataloger.
Proof of a wood engraving on india paper by Swain 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.
Proof of a wood engraving on india paper by Swain 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.
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Illustration shows the figure of the "giant of the golden cask" glowering down upon a composition of three vignettes illustrating Musset's story.
Associated names
Swain, Joseph, 1820-1909, engraver.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Artist
Classification
Department
Century prints
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