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Waiting for the tide / GJP [monogram].

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George John Pinwell
1842-1875

Waiting for the tide / GJP [monogram].

[London : s.n., 1866?]
wood engraving
sheet: 160 x 114 mm, trimmed to image size
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.1073
Notes
Block signed with artist's monogram.
Working proof on India paper of a wood engraving of an illustration by G.J. Pinwell for a short story of the same title, published in Once a week, v. IX, 1863, p. 281.
Working "overlay" proof printed from the two separate unfinished blocks before they were joined, with the impressions from the gratuitous wood remaining between the engraved areas evidently excised for overlay.
Provenance

From the library of Gordon N. Ray.

Summary

Illustration of a young woman standing full length, with the sea and gulls in the background.

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