Goodnight
Print
1990 (published)
1990 (published)
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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.
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Title | Goodnight (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. |
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Production type | Limited edition |
Copy number | 30/50 |
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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 |
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Accession number | E.276-2005 |
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Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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