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Joseph Swain
Man and woman fording a river in winter / Swain sc.
[London? : s.n., 18--]
wood engraving
image: 99 x 126 mm; sheet: 146 x 173 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.1348
Notes
Title supplied by cataloger.
Proof of a wood engraving by Swain after a design by an unidentified artist for an unidentified publication.
Proof of a wood engraving by Swain after a design by an unidentified artist for an unidentified publication.
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Illustration shows a woman wearing a cloak and astride a swimming horse and accompanied by a man in a fur hat who swims beside her; snow is falling and in the background a sled is visible on the river's frozen edge.
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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