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Goodnight

Print
1990 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Wood-engraving for the anthology 'A New Teasury of Poetry' (1990). Image shows numerous scenes: an owl hovers near a church; a boat sails past castles; people dance to a fiddler while others sit under a tree nearby; a woman looks into a pond in which a fish is surfacing; two swans glide past a pair of lovers; butterflies; a lighthouse signals to a steamer; an orchard with baskets of apples and ladders; angels draw the curtains round a four poster bed; sheep graze; three images of the moon waxing; in the central image, surrounded by vine leaves, is a woman in a bonnet sitting by a fire holding a baby; in the foreground a cradle and a cat.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleGoodnight (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
wood-engraving
Brief description
'Goodnight' by John Lawrence; wood engraving
Physical description
Wood-engraving for the anthology 'A New Teasury of Poetry' (1990). Image shows numerous scenes: an owl hovers near a church; a boat sails past castles; people dance to a fiddler while others sit under a tree nearby; a woman looks into a pond in which a fish is surfacing; two swans glide past a pair of lovers; butterflies; a lighthouse signals to a steamer; an orchard with baskets of apples and ladders; angels draw the curtains round a four poster bed; sheep graze; three images of the moon waxing; in the central image, surrounded by vine leaves, is a woman in a bonnet sitting by a fire holding a baby; in the foreground a cradle and a cat.
Dimensions
  • Image height: 202mm
  • Image width: 154mm
  • Sheet height: 356mm
  • Sheet width: 254mm
Production typeLimited edition
Copy number
30/50
Marks and inscriptions
  • 30/50 Goodnight (Beneath left corner of image)
  • John Lawrence (Signed, beneath right corner of image)
Credit line
Purchased through the Julie and Robert Breckman Print Fund
Object history
Illustration for 'A New Treasury of Poetry' (1990).
Production
Attribution note: 30/50
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
E.276-2005

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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