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George Du Maurier
1834-1896
Luke's introduction to Heer de Gracht / Swain.
[London : s.n., 1864?]
wood engraving
image: 118 x 80 mm; sheet: 167 x 118 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.1248
Notes
Title from published caption.
Proof of a wood engraving by Swain on India paper after an illustration by George Du Maurier for Alfred Elwes's novel, Luke Ashleigh, or, School-life in Holland, 1864, P. 86 (facing).
Engraver's burnished proof, with sections of the unfinished white areas excised, probably for the preparation of an overlay proof.
Proof of a wood engraving by Swain on India paper after an illustration by George Du Maurier for Alfred Elwes's novel, Luke Ashleigh, or, School-life in Holland, 1864, P. 86 (facing).
Engraver's burnished proof, with sections of the unfinished white areas excised, probably for the preparation of an overlay proof.
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Illustration shows a boy, accompanied by a man with a moustache, shaking hands with a man in long dark coat.
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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