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Matthew James Lawless
1837-1864
Heinrich Frauenlob / MJL ; Swain.
[London : s.n., 1863?]
wood engraving
image: 158 x 116 mm; sheet: 236 x 228 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.914
Notes
Block signed with the artist's initials and dated "AN 1863."
Touched proof of a wood engraving by Swain after an illustration by M.J. Lawless for Once a week, 1863, v. 9 p. 393; the engraving was later published as an illustration to accompany the poem "The dead bride" in Walter Thornbury's Historical and legendary ballads & songs, London : Chatto and Windus, 1876, p. 41.
Touched proof of a wood engraving by Swain after an illustration by M.J. Lawless for Once a week, 1863, v. 9 p. 393; the engraving was later published as an illustration to accompany the poem "The dead bride" in Walter Thornbury's Historical and legendary ballads & songs, London : Chatto and Windus, 1876, p. 41.
Inscriptions/Markings
Proof touched with graphite and china white and annotated by the artist with directions for the engraver.
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Illustration of a medieval funeral procession with the casket carried by young women and banners flying overhead.
Associated names
Swain, Joseph, 1820-1909, engraver.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Bibliography
Reproduced in: The illustrator and the book in England from 1790 to 1914 / Gordon N. Ray. New York ; London : Oxford Univ. Pr., 1976, p. 99.
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Classification
Department
Century prints
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