Original hand-colored steel engraving, "The Mountaineer": a barefoot young mountain woman fords a stream with her child on her back, among rocks and with a waterfall beyond. Engraved by T. Garner after the painting by P. F. Poole, A.R.A.
Original hand-colored steel engraving, "The Mountaineer": a barefoot young mountain woman fords a stream with her child on her back, among rocks and with a waterfall beyond. Engraved by T. Garner after the painting by P. F. Poole, A.R.A.
According to the caption, the original painting belonged to the collection of W. Sharp, of The Larches, Birmingham, and the engraving was published exclusively in The Art Journal. Paul Falconer Poole was one of the most admired English narrative painters of the mid 19th century.
Medium: Steel engraving, hand-colored
Artist / after: Paul Falconer Poole, A.R.A.
Engraver / lithographer: T. Garner
Date: 1880
Source: The Art Journal
Dimensions: 8.7 x 6.9 in (22 x 17.5 cm)
Condition: Good condition; paper lightly yellowed in the margins, a small stain in the lower right corner and an old pencil note in the lower left margin.