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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
Related author James Hain Friswell British

1866–74

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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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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

Accession Number: 25.78.192

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