A Blind Man (The Wayfarers)

Publisher Jane Noseda British

1863

Not on view

Walker based this etching of a boy guiding a blind man along a path near Haslemere, Surrey on a painting he created out-of-doors in February 1863, and then exhibited in 1866 as "The Wayfarers" (Private Collection).

Artwork Details

Title: A Blind Man (The Wayfarers)
Artist: Frederick Walker (British, London 1840–1875 Perthshire, Scotland)
Publisher: Jane Noseda (London)
Date: 1863
Medium: Etching
Dimensions: Sheet: 8 3/8 × 9 3/4 in. (21.3 × 24.8 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Gift of William Loring Andrews, 1883, transferred from the Library
Object Number: 83.1.84
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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