(1843 - 1929) British watercolorist and illustrator

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A horse has been killed after jumping a hurdle in a steeplechase: the jockey holding a whip looks at it with concern. Wood engraving by E. Froment, 1874 after W. Small.

A physician examining a gypsy child with a stethoscope outside a tent on the side of the road. Halftone by Swain after W. Small, 1898.

The good Samaritan: a physician on his way to the opera stops to attend a sick gypsy child; father and siblings dressed in rags in the background. Photogravure after W. Small, 1899.

Surgeons examining a Mauser bullet in a man's chest via the use of an X-ray. Halftone, 1900, after W. Small.

China: a litter or palanquin carrying a woman is being transported by two mules across a stream in a rocky pass. Wood engraving by E. Froment after W. Small.

Doctors at work during a storm on a battlefield at Sinankeui, China. Wood engraving after W. Small.

Boer War: the deck of a homeward-bound hospital ship about to depart, with two wounded soldiers shaking hands. Gouache painting by W. Small, c. 1900, after D. Gunn.

Nashrullah Khan (son of the Amir of Afghanistan) having a tooth extracted in front of the soldiers of his father's army. Wood engraving after W. Small after J.A. Gray.

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William Small

Images from the collections

Images by William Small

Works from the collections

Nashrullah Khan (son of the Amir of Afghanistan) having a tooth extracted in front of the soldiers of his father's army. Wood engraving after W. Small after J.A. Gray.

The good Samaritan: a physician on his way to the opera stops to attend a sick gypsy child; father and siblings dressed in rags in the background. Photogravure after W. Small, 1899.

A horse has been killed after jumping a hurdle in a steeplechase: the jockey holding a whip looks at it with concern. Wood engraving by E. Froment, 1874 after W. Small.

Surgeons examining a Mauser bullet in a man's chest via the use of an X-ray. Halftone, 1900, after W. Small.

A physician examining a gypsy child with a stethoscope outside a tent on the side of the road. Halftone by Swain after W. Small, 1898.

William Small

Images from the collections

Images by William Small

Works from the collections

Nashrullah Khan (son of the Amir of Afghanistan) having a tooth extracted in front of the soldiers of his father's army. Wood engraving after W. Small after J.A. Gray.

The good Samaritan: a physician on his way to the opera stops to attend a sick gypsy child; father and siblings dressed in rags in the background. Photogravure after W. Small, 1899.

A horse has been killed after jumping a hurdle in a steeplechase: the jockey holding a whip looks at it with concern. Wood engraving by E. Froment, 1874 after W. Small.

Surgeons examining a Mauser bullet in a man's chest via the use of an X-ray. Halftone, 1900, after W. Small.

A physician examining a gypsy child with a stethoscope outside a tent on the side of the road. Halftone by Swain after W. Small, 1898.

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