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Walford Graham Robertson
1866-1948
The Burial of the Linnet
20th century?
Black ink and watercolor over graphite, on paper.
10 1/16 x 7 inches (255 x 178 mm)
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.2368
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Title from item.
Caption reads: Muffle the dinner bell, solemnly ring.
Initialed "G.R." at lower right.
Drawing illustrating Juliana Horatia Ewing's poem "The burial of the linnet".
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In pencil below drawing: Muffle the dinner bell, solemnly ring; at lower left: The Burial of the Linnet.
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From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary:
Drawing shows a group of four children around a small grave covered with flowers in a garden, with a doorway through a brick wall behind them and a small shovel lying on the ground in the foreground at far left.
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