BIB_ID
362820
Accession number
MA 7361.16
Creator
Lawless, Matthew James, 1837-1864.
Published
[1863]
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 photomechanical print : b&w ; 166 x 274 mm
Notes
Part of an album of drawings, photographs, and autographs compiled by English artist Frederick Smallfield. Select items in the album are described in individual records. See MA 7361 for more information.
With an accompanying note: "A Sick Call / To my friend Fred Smallfield with my best regards / M.J. Lawless 1863."
With an accompanying note: "A Sick Call / To my friend Fred Smallfield with my best regards / M.J. Lawless 1863."
Provenance
Frederick Smallfield; from the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
A photomechanical reproduction of Lawless's The Sick Call. The original painting was shown at the Royal Academy in 1863 and is now held by the National Gallery of Ireland. This reproduction was probably used to create the engraved version of the painting that was printed in the Illustrated London News on July 25, 1863.
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