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Women examining linens or clothes from a press

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Mary Ellen Edwards
1839-ca. 1910

Women examining linens or clothes from a press

[London : s.n., 18--]
wood engraving
image: 146 x 95 mm; sheet: 189 x 134 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.882
Notes
Block signed with the artist's initials.
"Overlay" proof of a wood engraving after an illustration by Mary Ellen Edwards for an unidentified publication; with the impressions from the areas of superfluous wood from the unfinished block still present and printing solid black.
Provenance

From the library of Gordon N. Ray.

Summary

Illustration shows a bedroom where three women and a little girl are engaged in examining linens or clothes from a press. A young woman holds up a sheet of fabric while an older woman and the little girl look on; behind them, a third woman leans over and reaches into a drawer of the press.

Associated names
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Classification
Department
Century prints