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William Small
1843-1929
[Man tending a fallen horse] / W. Small ; Swain sc.
[London? : s.n., 18--]
wood engraving
image: 137 x 213 mm; sheet: 252 x 329 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.999
Notes
Touched India paper proof of a wood engraving by Swain after an illustration by W. Small for an unidentified publication.
Inscriptions/Markings
Proof inscribed with artist's directions to the engraver: "All right barring upper right hand corner"; detailed instructions added at upper right: "Black mark gray. Woman's mouth gray. This corner rather rough keep gray I will then send this lot back as it is. The darks tell as blacks. Man's foot gray only"; initialed at right: W.S.
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
A young man holds a bottle to the mouth of a fallen horse while a group of two men and a woman stoop over him and watch; steam rises from the horses body and in the background a crown looks on and an armed man with a bandaged eye approaches down a flight of steps.
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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