He for His Bleeding Country Prays to Heaven, 1846

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series Title

Gertrude of Wyoming [plate 10]

Medium

engraving in black on wove paper

Dimensions

image: 20.32 × 30.64 cm (8 × 12 1/16 in.)
plate: 25.24 × 35.56 cm (9 15/16 × 14 in.)

sheet: 28.58 × 42.55 cm (11 1/4 × 16 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Corcoran Collection

Accession Number

2015.19.3580

Artists / Makers

H. G. Watkins (artist) British, active mid 19th century

George Elgar Hicks (artist after) British, 1824 - 1914

Art Union of London (publisher)

Thomas Campbell (author) Scottish, 1777 - 1884

Image Use

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Inscription

upper right in plate: 10.; at bottom in plate: G.E. Hicks delt. / H.G. Watkins, sc. / He for his bleeding country prays to heaven, / Prays that the men of blood themselves may be forgiven. / Art-Union of London, 1846.

Marks and Labels

stamped upper right verso in blue ink: Corcoran Gallery of Art. Washington. D.C. Jun 12 1882

Provenance

Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1882; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Corcoran Gallery of Art