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Sir John Gilbert
1817-1897
Two men seated at a table beside a fireplace
[London : s.n., 18--]
wood engraving
image: 126 x 104 mm; sheet: 243 x 216 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.893
Notes
Block signed with the artist's initials.
Touched proof on India paper of a wood engraving by Swain after an illustration by John Gilbert for an unidentified publication.
Touched proof on India paper of a wood engraving by Swain after an illustration by John Gilbert for an unidentified publication.
Inscriptions/Markings
Touched with white, marked with pencil, and annotated with the artist's corrections and directions to the engraver; inscribed "Swain" below image at lower right in blue pencil.
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Illustration of two men seated at a table beside a fireplace with a bottle between them; the figure at right, a portly man in a periwig, reads a document, while the man at left, having removed his shoes, looks on; a young couple, possibly servants, look on through an open door at far right.
Associated names
Swain, Joseph, 1820-1909, engraver.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Classification
Department
Century prints
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