Lot 197:
The Orphans Rescue 19th C. Engraving
Description
24 x 30 in. A 19th-century steel engraving on wove paper titled in block letters in the lower margin THE ORPHANS RESCUE. Below the title, a partial publication line reads From the Original Painting in the possession of the Publishers, with artist and publisher names obscured. The work depicts a moralizing allegorical subject with two young children in a small rowboat navigating rocky, turbulent rapids, while guardian angel figures watch over them from the clouds above. The print exhibits fine linear burin work with.
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