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The Orphans, from "Illustrated London News"

Engraver William Luson Thomas British
After Kate Swift British
April 13, 1867
Not on view
A young Dutch boy, whose nationality is indicated by wooden clogs, comforts a younger sister near a grave above a coastal village. William Luson Thomas’s wood engraving appeared in the "Illustrated London News" in 1867, based on a drawing or painting that Kate Swift showed at the Society of Female Artists that year—the society had been founded in 1857 to bolster the prospects of women artists who could exhibit at the Royal Academy but were not admitted to membership, or allowed to study at the Academy Schools (Swift exhibited at the Society 1857–1901 and at the Academy 1861–80). Primarily a watercolorist, Swift focused on genre subjects. In 1869 she married the Dutch artist Christoffel Bisschop and moved to Scheveningen in the Netherlands, but continued to exhibit in London. The print was republished in the French weekly newspaper "L'Univers Illustré" on September 28, 1867.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: The Orphans, from "Illustrated London News"
  • Series/Portfolio: Illustrated London News
  • Engraver: William Luson Thomas (British, London 1830–1900 Chertsey, Surrey)
  • Artist: After Kate Swift (British, London 1834–1928 The Hague)
  • Date: April 13, 1867
  • Medium: Wood engraving
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 9 9/16 × 7 13/16 in. (24.3 × 19.9 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Gift of Donato Esposito, 2018
  • Object Number: 2018.614.7
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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