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Image Not Available for "Reaping," a poem by Robert Buchanan; Illustration to "Wayside Posies"

"Reaping," a poem by Robert Buchanan; Illustration to "Wayside Posies"

(English, 1842–1924)
(English, active 1839–93)
1867
Medium/TechniqueWood engraving; burnished India proof
Credit LineJohn H. and Ernestine A. Payne Fund
Accession number55.3559
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ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsSigned in pencil lower left "JW North ART"; Note by artist in pencil "Mowing (not reaping) oats in early morning oats are frequently cut while wet with dew. Mowing is cutting by the scythe, reaping is cutting by the sick or reaping hook. Drawn line by line with a brush. - JWN 1914"
ProvenanceHarold Hartley, England (1851-1943): to Sir Harold Hartley, London, England (1878-1972); from whom purchased by MFA April 14,1955.
Image Not Available for "The Visions of a City Tree" a poem by Robert Buchanan; Illustration to "Wayside Posies," Routledge and Co., 1867, p. 39
"The Visions of a City Tree" a poem by Robert Buchanan; Illustration to "Wayside Posies," Routledge and Co., 1867, p. 39
John William North
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Image Not Available for "Ancient Ships in a Storm," Illustration to "The Life of a Man," a poem by Humphrey Gifford from "English Sacred Poetry of Older Time," 1864, p. 16
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