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Woman with bows at sleeves facing man in front of vase of flowers
Image Not Available for Woman with bows at sleeves facing man in front of vase of flowers

Woman with bows at sleeves facing man in front of vase of flowers

John Gilbert (English, 1817–1897)
Joseph Swain (English, 1820–1909)
Medium/TechniqueWood engraving; India proof with partial proof in lower left portion of sheet
DimensionsBlock: 10.3 x 16 cm (4 1/16 x 6 5/16 in.)
Sheet: 14.8 x 23.7 cm (5 13/16 x 9 5/16 in.)
Credit LineJohn H. and Ernestine A. Payne Fund
Accession number55.2100
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
Inscriptionsl.l. in block: "JG" (monogram); l.r. in block: "SWAIN SC"ProvenanceHarold Hartley, England (1851-1943): to Sir Harold Hartley, London, England (1878-1972); from whom purchased by MFA April 14,1955.
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"Alternate leaf and acorn ball in wreath about her hair," Illustration to "The Talking Oak" in "Poems by Alfred Tennyson"
John Everett Millais
1857
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18th-century cavalier leaning on table with vase of roses
John Gilbert
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"A Seat in St. James Park"
George John Pinwell
1869
Image Not Available for "Alternate leaf and acorn ball in wreath about her hair," Illustration to "The Talking Oak" in "Poems by Alfred Tennyson"
"Alternate leaf and acorn ball in wreath about her hair," Illustration to "The Talking Oak" in "Poems by Alfred Tennyson"
John Everett Millais
1857
Disparate Alegre (Merry Folly); from the "Disparates" series, (Proverbios 12)
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Francisco Goya y Lucientes
1816–1819
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Henry Holiday
1881
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Mel Bochner
1995
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Mel Bochner
1988
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Fourth Quartet
Mel Bochner
1988
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Randolph Caldecott
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Illustration to "An Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog" (one of R. Caldecott's picture books) by Dr. Goldsmith, Routledge, 1879
Randolph Caldecott
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"In Islington there lived a man," Illustration to "An Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog" (one of R. Caldecott's picture books) by Dr. Goldsmith, Routledge, 1879, p.6
Randolph Caldecott