The Four Rivers

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Artist/Maker	Grant Richards (publisher) Housman, Clemence (engraver) Housman, Laurence (artist)
Place of origin	London (published)

Wood-engraving; an illustration.

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Categories	Illustration Prints
Object type	Illustration
Title	The Four Rivers (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	Wood-engravings Printing Ink Wood-Engraving
Brief description	Clemence Housman after Laurence Housman. One of four illustrations to 'The Little Land, with songs from its four rivers.' Published by Grant Richards, London, 1899.
Physical description	Wood-engraving; an illustration.
Dimensions	Height: 4.5in Width: 2.5in Dimensions taken from Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1951 London: HMSO, 1962.
Marks and inscriptions	(Some numbered in pencil by the donor. )
Credit line	Given by the artist
Subjects depicted	Rivers Songs Small
Associated objects	E.640-1951 E.641-1951 E.642-1951 E.643-1951
Bibliographic reference	Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1951 London: HMSO, 1962.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.641-1951

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O594236/the-four-rivers-illustration-housman-clemence/

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