ca. 1865 (made)
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Houghton was a gifted draughtsman and illustrator, despite having lost the sight of one eye in a childhood accident. This illustration was made for Dora Greenwell's poem Noah's Ark, in Home Thoughts and Home Scenes an anthology of popular verse, published in 1865.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Wood engraving |
| Brief description | Print, Illustration to "Noah's Ark" by D. Greenwell, by Arthur Boyd Houghton, engraved by the Dalziel Brothers. |
| Physical description | Proof on India paper |
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| Credit line | Given by the engraver |
| Historical context | "Home Thoughts and Home Scenes" 2, 1865. |
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| Summary | Houghton was a gifted draughtsman and illustrator, despite having lost the sight of one eye in a childhood accident. This illustration was made for Dora Greenwell's poem Noah's Ark, in Home Thoughts and Home Scenes an anthology of popular verse, published in 1865. |
| Bibliographic reference | Hoozee, Robert (ed.), British Vision. Observation and Imagination in British Art 1750-1950, Brussels : Mercatorfonds ; Ghent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten, 2007
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| Accession number | E.279B-1893 |
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| Record created | July 25, 2006 |
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