The Lovely Gertrude, Safe from Present Harm, 1846

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series Title

Gertrude of Wyoming [plate 11]

Medium

engraving in black on wove paper

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.)

Credit Line

Corcoran Collection

Accession Number

2015.19.3583

Artists / Makers

Edward Webb (artist) British, 1805 - 1854

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: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.

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