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The God-Head Fires, after Burne-Jones, from "Art of the American Wood-Engraver. Forty India Proofs to Accompany the Text of Philip Gilbert Hamerton"

Engraver Francis Scott King American
Publisher Charles Scribner's Sons American
1894
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Object Information
  • Title: The God-Head Fires, after Burne-Jones, from "Art of the American Wood-Engraver. Forty India Proofs to Accompany the Text of Philip Gilbert Hamerton"
  • Series/Portfolio: Art of the American Wood-Engraver. Forty India Proofs to Accompany the Text of Philip Gilbert Hamerton
  • Engraver: Francis Scott King (American, Auburn, Maine 1850–1913 Newark, New Jersey)
  • Artist: After Sir Edward Burne-Jones (British, Birmingham 1833–1898 Fulham)
  • Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons (New York, NY)
  • Date: 1894
  • Medium: Engraving
  • Dimensions: Image: 6 3/8 × 4 3/4 in. (16.2 × 12 cm)
    Sheet: 11 1/4 × 8 7/8 in. (28.6 × 22.6 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Robert B. Dodson Fund, 1931
  • Object Number: 31.109(12)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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