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Walford Graham Robertson
1866-1948
The Water-Lily
1889
Black ink over graphite, on paper.
image: 3 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches (89 x 165 mm); on sheet: 11 1/8 x 8 5/8 inches (284 x 220 mm)
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.2356
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Drawing illustrating the poem "The water lily" by Alexander Hume Butler; issued as an illustration in "Five songs" by Ernest Birch (London : J. & J. Hopkinson, 1889).
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In pencil at bottom, "The Water-Lily"; caption verse in pencil below drawing, "Thou wilt never know the morrow / That beholds thee desolate."
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From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary:
Drawing shows the figure of a young woman lying limply with eyes closed at the water's edge, surrounded by irises, bulrushes, and other water plants, with waterlilies and the reflection of the moon on the surface of the water in the foreground.
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