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The Tired Soldier

Print
ca. 1867 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Colour print depicting a soldier resting at a roadside well. He is seated beside the well, drinking water, with a small dog laying by his feet. Several other figures are getting water from the well including a little girl, a young woman, an elderly woman and a peddler with a horse. The little girl is gazing, with interest, at the soldier.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleThe Tired Soldier (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Baxter-process print on paper
Brief description
Print by Vincent Brooks after Frederick Goodall, 'The Tired Soldier,' Baxter-process print, Great Britain, ca. 1867
Physical description
Colour print depicting a soldier resting at a roadside well. He is seated beside the well, drinking water, with a small dog laying by his feet. Several other figures are getting water from the well including a little girl, a young woman, an elderly woman and a peddler with a horse. The little girl is gazing, with interest, at the soldier.
Dimensions
  • Height: 11.5in
  • Width: 14.5in
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1932. London: HMSO, 1933
Credit line
Bequeathed by Mr Francis William Baxter
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1932. London: HMSO, 1933
Collection
Accession number
E.3098-1932

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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