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[Design for capital letter "L"] / Swain sc.

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William Small
1843-1929

[Design for capital letter "L"] / Swain sc.

[London? : s.n., 18--]
wood engraving
image: 64 x 51 mm; sheet: 185 x 138 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.1001
Notes
Touched India paper proof of a wood engraving by Swain after an illustrated initial by W. Small for an unidentified publication.
Inscriptions/Markings
Proof touched with red and inscribed with the artist's instructions to the engraver: Lighten very delicately where I have masked with red; instructions are illustrated with a pencil sketch of the woman's face, intended to show the nature of the changes desired, in the margin at right.
Provenance

From the library of Gordon N. Ray.

Summary

Illustrated design for captial letter "L" shows a woman on the landing of a stairwell, stooping to retrieve a small object on the floor.

Associated names
Swain, Joseph, 1820-1909, engraver.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Classification
Department
Century prints