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Sir John Gilbert
1817-1897
Children with donkey
[London : sn, 18--]
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.897
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[London : s.n., 18--]
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From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
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Block signed with the artist's initials and the engraver's name.
Library's copy mounted on cardstock.
Proof on India paper of a wood engraving by Swain after an illustration by John Gilbert for an unidentified publication.
Summary:
Vignette illustration of three ragged children with a donkey; the smallest of the children sits on the donkey's back, waving what appears to be a laurel bough, while a little barefoot girl at left offers the animal handfuls of vegetation. In the background, a fourth child runs across a green while two women converse in front of a gate.
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