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1835-1860
GUSN-6635
Black and white engraving of a woman seated on a rock in foreground with landscape behind; full length figure; three quarter pose in slight profile; no inscriptions; wooden frame with applied gesso gilt; organic floral and vine border.
engravings (prints)
abalone shell
engraving (printing process)
paper (fiber product)
figure- and animal-derived motifs
women (female humans)
Abalone
Unidentified Paper
Stipple Engraved
Woman
PICTURE
Label on back: ""FROM / HENRY GRAVES & COMPANY / Publishers in Ordinary / To Her Majesty The Queen and H.R.H. The Royal Consort/ 6, Pall Mall, London, S.W."" Label/tag: (""E.W.M."")
Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),
Unknown
London, England
30.25 x 23.25 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Ralph May
1971.1400
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