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In Five Acts–Death in Life (from "A Round of Days")

After Arthur Boyd Houghton British, born India
Engraver Dalziel Brothers British
Author Related author James Hain Friswell British
1866–74
Not on view
This image of parents attending their ailing son is one of four by Houghton, paired with James Hain Friswell's poem "In Five Acts," published in the gift book "A Round of Days" (1866) (John William North designed a fifth). The poem traces key moments in a married couple's life over decades together. This impressoin was reissued in "Picture Poesies" (1874).

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Object Information
  • Title: In Five Acts–Death in Life (from "A Round of Days")
  • Artist: After Arthur Boyd Houghton (British (born India), Madras 1836–1875 London)
  • Engraver: Dalziel Brothers (British, active 1839–93)
  • Author: Related author James Hain Friswell (British, 1825–1878)
  • Date: 1866–74
  • Medium: Wood engraving
  • Dimensions: Image: 4 in. × 4 1/8 in. (10.2 × 10.4 cm)
    Sheet: 9 5/8 × 7 11/16 in. (24.5 × 19.5 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Anonymous Gift, 1925
  • Object Number: 25.78.192
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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