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"By the Dove-cot"

George John Pinwell (English, 1842–1875)
Cut by: Dalziel Brothers (English, active 1839–93)
1866

Medium/Technique Wood engraving; India proof
Dimensions Block: 16 x 12.6 cm (6 5/16 x 4 15/16 in.); Sheet: 19.2 x 15.1 cm (7 9/16 x 5 15/16 in.)
Credit Line John H. and Ernestine A. Payne Fund
Accession Number55.3749
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionBack of girl; boy leaning against clothesline pole; pigeons on rooftops; geese with their heads in basket
Signed Signed
Inscriptionsl.l.: "Dalziel Sc"; l.r.: artist's monogram with "1865"
ProvenanceCharles Fairfax Murray (1849-1919); to Harold Hartley, England (1851-1943): to Sir Harold Hartley, London, England (1878-1972); 1955, sold by Hartley to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 14,1955)