The Lovely Gertrude, Safe from Present Harm

1846

Edward Webb, after George Elgar Hicks

Associated Names
Edward Webb

Artist, British, 1805 - 1854

Art Union of London

Publisher

Thomas Campbell

Author, Scottish, 1777 - 1884

George Elgar Hicks

Artist After, British, 1824 - 1914

This is a drawing featuring a group of individuals on a hillside. The scene includes European settlers and Native American figures, alongside simple structures and a distant landscape. The figures are outlined minimally, focusing on their forms rather than details. One figure holds a shield and spear, while another is draped in a cloak, looking forward. The composition implies interaction or observation, with figures facing different directions. The drawing has a balanced symmetry, highlighting the central figures with the landscape in the background.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 20.32 × 30.8 cm (8 × 12 1/8 in.)
    plate: 26.35 × 35.72 cm (10 3/8 × 14 1/16 in.)
    sheet: 28.58 × 42.39 cm (11 1/4 × 16 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.3583

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Inscriptions

upper right in plate:11.; at bottom in plate: G.E. Hicks delt. / E. Webb, sc. / The lovely Gertrude, safe from the present harm, / Had laid her cheek, and clasped her hands of snow / On Waldergrave's shoulder, ................. / Art-Union of London, 1846.

Markings

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

Wikidata ID

Q77012841

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