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Charles Henry Bennett
1829-1867
Mr. Wind / CHB.
[London : s.n., 1864?]
wood engraving
image: 138 x 95 mm; sheet: 242 x 156 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.1279
Notes
Title from published caption.
Proof of a wood engraving on india paper after an illustration by Charles Bennett for Emily Makepeace's translation of Paul De Musset's Mr. Wind and Madam Rain. London : Sampson Low, Son, & Co., 1864, p. 17.
Proof of a wood engraving on india paper after an illustration by Charles Bennett for Emily Makepeace's translation of Paul De Musset's Mr. Wind and Madam Rain. London : Sampson Low, Son, & Co., 1864, p. 17.
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Illustration shows Mr. Wind blowing on a landscape with a castle and windmill; the miller clutches a fence post in the foreground as the castle guards are blown through the air.
Associated names
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Artist
Classification
Department
Century prints
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