Love in Death (in "Good Words for 1862," p. 185)

Author Related author Dora Greenwell British

March 1862

Not on view

This tragic image of a woman dressed in black, carrying a child through the snow, was created to illustrate "Love and Death," a poem published in the weekly periodical "Good Words for 1862, pp. 184-85, introduced by these words, "A woman perished in a snow-storm while passing over the Green Mountains in Vermont; she had an infant with her, who was found alive and well in the morning, carefully wrapped in the mother's clothing."Walker exhibited a related painting, "The Lost Path," at the Royal Academy in 1863 and the the Museum also has a proof of the wood engraving (2014.545.2).

Artwork Details

Title: Love in Death (in "Good Words for 1862," p. 185)
Artist: After Frederick Walker (British, London 1840–1875 Perthshire, Scotland)
Engraver: Dalziel Brothers (British, active 1839–93)
Author: Related author Dora Greenwell (British, Lanchester, Co. Durham 1821–1882)
Date: March 1862
Medium: Wood engraving
Dimensions: Sheet: 9 5/16 × 6 5/16 in. (23.7 × 16 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Gift of Sinclair Hamilton, 1965
Object Number: 65.629.3(1.13)
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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