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Domestic interior with woman sewing

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Joseph Swain
Domestic interior with woman sewing
London? 19th century
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.1346
Published: 
London? 19th century
Provenance: 
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Notes: 

Title supplied by cataloger.
Proof printed on china paper of a wood engraving by Swain after an unidentified artist for an unidentified publication.

Summary: 

Illustration shows a modest domestic interior where a young woman sits at a table in the foreground with her head bowed over a garment shes sews on her lap. In the background, a young man enters through an open outside door at right; he is greeted by a little girl who smiles up at him while clutching his hand, as an older woman wearing a bonnet, at left, looks on happily.

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Artist page: 
Swain, Joseph
Century: 
19th century
Classification: 
Print
Department: 
Drawings and Prints