He Bids Me Dry the Last..., 1846

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series Title

Gertrude of Wyoming [plate 13]

Medium

engraving in black on wove paper

Dimensions

image: 20.48 × 30.64 cm (8 1/16 × 12 1/16 in.)
plate: 25.72 × 35.72 cm (10 1/8 × 14 1/16 in.)

sheet: 28.89 × 42.39 cm (11 3/8 × 16 11/16 in.)

Credit Line

Corcoran Collection

Accession Number

2015.19.3584

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: 13.; at bottom in plate: G.E. Hicks delt. / E. Webb, sc. / He bids me dry the last ___ the first ___ / The only tears that ever burst / From Outalissi's soul. / 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