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"Beside a genial fire that seemed to spread a gleam of comfort o'er his pallid face"

Myles Birket Foster (English, 1825–1899)
Cut by: Dalziel Brothers (English, active 1839–93)
1859

Medium/Technique Wood engraving; India proof with embossed text
Dimensions Block: 8.8 x 10.2 cm (3 7/16 x 4 in.); Sheet: 18.7 x 14.3 cm (7 3/8 x 5 5/8 in.)
Credit Line John H. and Ernestine A. Payne Fund
Accession Number55.2001
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionMan by fire in cottage, woman at door receiving visitors.
Signed Signed
InscriptionsB Foster lower left, DALZIEL lower rt.
ProvenanceHarold Hartley, England (1851-1943): to Sir Harold Hartley, London, England (1878-1972); from whom purchased by MFA April 14,1955.