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"One inadvertant tug, and the fair enthusiast came back to earth"

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William Small
1843-1929

"One inadvertant tug, and the fair enthusiast came back to earth"

[London : s.n., 1866?]
wood engraving
image: 107 x 159 mm; sheet: 119 x 174 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.1009
Notes
India paper proof of a wood engraving by Swain after an illustration by W. Small for Charles Reade's novel Griffith Gaunt, published in The Argosy, v. 1, 1866, p. 369.
Library's copy mounted on cardstock.
Provenance

From the library of Gordon N. Ray.

Summary

Illustration shows Mrs. Ryder combing the hair of her mistress, Mrs. Gaunt.

Associated names
Swain, Joseph, 1820-1909, engraver.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Classification
Department
Century prints