print;
newspaper/periodical
- Museum number
- 1881,1112.159
- Title
- Object: Babes in the wood
- Description
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Babes in the Wood; two young children, looking upwards to left, frightened, the girl clasping her hands together, the boy with his arms around her neck, protectively, a small dragon hanging on a string by their heads to left and a statuette of a lion and a baton on a table in front to right; engraver's proof for an illustration to 'The Art Journal', January 1881, opposite p.26. 1880
Etching
- Production date
- 1880
- Dimensions
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Height: 367 millimetres
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Width: 276 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- The print appeared in 'The Art Journal' in January 1881, opposite p.26 and was lettered 'Drawn and etched by Hubert Herkomer'. The print received this commentary; 'The artist's children, playing at a game which is better known in Germany than here, pursue their way through a forest (represented by the old familiar wooden tree on the table) infested with lions, dragons, and other beasts of prey. The affected terror on their faces is delightfully rendered' ('Our illustrations', 'The Art Journal', January 1881, p.28).
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: The Art Journal
- Acquisition date
- 1881
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1881,1112.159
