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Robert Walker Macbeth
1848-1910
[Domestic scene with couple in historic dress] / RM [monogram] ; Swain sc.
[London : s.n., 1879?]
wood engraving
image: 126 x 102 mm; sheet: 252 x 218 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.1049
Notes
Block signed with artist's initials and engraver's name, with date "79".
Proof on India paper of a wood engraving by Swain after an illustration by R.W. Macbeth for an unidentified publication.
Proof on India paper of a wood engraving by Swain after an illustration by R.W. Macbeth for an unidentified publication.
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Illustration of a young couple, the man dressed in breeches and buckled shoes, the woman in a simple dress with shawl and apron; he is seated in an armchair beside a table, she stands at his side and offers him her hand while a cat watches them from the floor at left.
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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