"Poor tired soul and she has nought to do, For there is neither fire nor candlelight," Illustration to "Brothers, and a Sermon" from "Poems by Jean Ingelow"

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"Poor tired soul and she has nought to do, For there is neither fire nor candlelight," Illustration to "Brothers, and a Sermon" from "Poems by Jean Ingelow"

George John Pinwell (English, 1842–1875)
Cut by: Dalziel Brothers (English, active 1839–93)

1867

Medium/Technique Wood engraving; India proof, touched with opaque white watercolor

Dimensions Block: 12.7 x 10.1 cm (5 x 4 in.); Sheet: 20.3 x 16.8 cm (8 x 6 5/8 in.)

Credit Line John H. and Ernestine A. Payne Fund

Accession Number55.3767

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Signed Signed

Inscriptionsl.l.: artist's monogram and "DALZIEL Sc"; Upper margin in graphite pencil: "Burnished India proof; touched by G.J. Pinwell - Gilbert Dalziel"; lower margin in graphite pencil: "Pinwell / Brothers and a Sermon / Jean Ingelow's Poems, 1863"

ProvenanceHarold Hartley, England (1851-1943): to Sir Harold Hartley, London, England (1878-1972); from whom purchased by MFA April 14,1955.