Two men seated at a table beside a fireplace
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Sir John Gilbert
1817-1897
Two men seated at a table beside a fireplace
[London : sn, 18--]
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.893
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[London : s.n., 18--]
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From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Inscription:
Touched with white, marked with pencil, and annotated with the artist's corrections and directions to the engraver; inscribed "Swain" below image at lower right in blue pencil.
Notes:
Block signed with the artist's initials.
Touched proof on India paper of a wood engraving by Swain after an illustration by John Gilbert for an unidentified publication.
Summary:
Illustration of two men seated at a table beside a fireplace with a bottle between them; the figure at right, a portly man in a periwig, reads a document, while the man at left, having removed his shoes, looks on; a young couple, possibly servants, look on through an open door at far right.
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