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Joseph Swain
Domestic interior with woman sewing
London? 19th century
wood engraving
image: 131 x 152 mm; sheet: 222 x 258 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.1346
Notes
Title supplied by cataloger.
Proof printed on china paper of a wood engraving by Swain after an unidentified artist for an unidentified publication.
Proof printed on china paper of a wood engraving by Swain after an unidentified artist for an unidentified publication.
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Illustration shows a modest domestic interior where a young woman sits at a table in the foreground with her head bowed over a garment shes sews on her lap. In the background, a young man enters through an open outside door at right; he is greeted by a little girl who smiles up at him while clutching his hand, as an older woman wearing a bonnet, at left, looks on happily.
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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