Accession number
PML 140269.6
Creator
Rolls, Charles, 1800- engraver.
Published
[London? : s.n., 1831?]
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Proof impression of a steel engraving entitled The use of tears, executed by London engraver Charles Rolls after a painting of the same title by R.P. Bonington for inclusion in the 1831 volume of the literary annual The Keepsake.
Title, date, and circumstances of publication provided by secondary sources. Cf. B. Hunnisett, Illustrated dictionary of British steel engravers (under the entry for "Rolls, Charles"); The mirror of literature, amusement, and instruction, v. xvi, no. 466, p. 465 (see article headed: The spirit of the annuals for 1831); and Dubuisson.
Printed on chine and mounted within an album.
Title, date, and circumstances of publication provided by secondary sources. Cf. B. Hunnisett, Illustrated dictionary of British steel engravers (under the entry for "Rolls, Charles"); The mirror of literature, amusement, and instruction, v. xvi, no. 466, p. 465 (see article headed: The spirit of the annuals for 1831); and Dubuisson.
Printed on chine and mounted within an album.
Description
1 print : steel engraving ; image: 116 x 90 mm; sheet: 222 x 146 mm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows a young woman in bed attended by an elderly woman who sits at her bedside holding her hand.
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