Engraving
- Title:
- The Slide
- Object Name:
- Engraving
- Object ID:
- 1995.585.13
- Creator:
- Webster, Thomas (1800-1886)
Artist ; Graves, Robert (1798-1873)Engraver ; Moore McQueen & Co.Publisher - Place of Origin:
- London, England
- Date:
- 1864
- Description:
- Engraving, The Slide, engraved by Robert Graves (1798-1873) after a painting by Thomas Webster (1800-1886), published by Moore McQueen & Co., 1864. Ink on paper. Children playing on frozen pond. Center, group of children slide on ice, fall, and form a pile up. Playful dog right foreground barks at boy on ground. A young boy and girl look on at right, boy is bundled up and is carrying a kettle. Woman and young girl, both wearing bonnets and cloaks, stand to the left. Women and children gathered around small table right middle ground. Group of houses with thatched roofs right background. Titled, lower margin at center: "THE SLIDE." Underneath image at left "PAINTED BY THOMAS WEBSTER. R.A. / Printed by M. D McQueen". Center under image: "LONDON; PUBLISHED JUNE 6TH 1864; BY MOORE MC.QUEEN & CO. 25, BERNERS STREET, OXFORD STREET HARRIS, CHEZ FRANCOIS DELARUE, EDITEUR 18 RUE J. J. ROUSSEAU". Right side under image: "ENGRAVED BY ROBERT GRAVES A. E." Unframed
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-22.8 W-42.2 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- Subjects:
- Winter, Play (Recreation), Genre prints, Dogs, Ice, Sliding, Children
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