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George John Pinwell
1842-1875
[Woman kneeling over a grave in the snow] / GJP [monogram] ; Swain sc.
[London : s.n., 18--]
wood engraving
image: 184 x 124 mm; sheet: 281 x 208 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.1052
Notes
Title supplied by cataloger.
Block signed with artist's monogram.
Proof on India paper touched with white of a wood engraving by Swain after an illustration by G.J. Pinwell for an unidentified publication.
Block signed with artist's monogram.
Proof on India paper touched with white of a wood engraving by Swain after an illustration by G.J. Pinwell for an unidentified publication.
Inscriptions/Markings
Proof touched with white and inscribed with instructions for the engraver: More light here & down the trunk -- Faintly lighter here -- A little light on the knee here-by thinning the lines where the white is marked -- important to soften the lines here -- A little snow along this bough.
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows a woman, her hands clasped in prayer, kneeling in mourning over a grave in a snowy graveyard.
Associated names
Swain, Joseph, 1820-1909, engraver.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Artist
Classification
Department
Century prints
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