1926 (published)
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Illustration depicting a black woman and her child.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Lineblock print and watercolour |
| Brief description | Illustration (one of three from a set of seven) by E. McKnight Kauffer depicting a black woman and her child, from Herman Melville's 'Benito Cereno'. Lineblock print, published by the Nonesuch Press, 1926. |
| Physical description | Illustration depicting a black woman and her child. |
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| Production type | Proof |
| Credit line | Given by Lund Humphries Ltd. |
| Object history | The technique of colouring used is the same as that used for McKnight Kauffer's illustration for Don Quixote (see E.1826-1841-1977). |
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| Literary reference | <i>Benito Cereno</i> by Herman Melville |
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| Bibliographic reference | Gilmour, Pat. Artists at Curwen. London: Tate, 1977. |
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| Accession number | E.1843-1977 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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