A wounded British officer returning from the Crimean War. Mezzotint by W.H. Simmons, 1863, after J.D. Luard, 1858.
- Luard, John Dalbiac, 1830-1860.
- Date:
- [Oct.r 1st 1863]
- Reference:
- 574969i
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Description
The Sotheby's catalogue, loc. cit., gives the title as given in the Royal Academy catalogue as "Nearing home - some of our English land birds settling on the ship, told us we're nearly home", and also cites the Art journal, 1858 as follows: "The vessel is a home-bound steamer, on the deck of which lies a wounded officer, affectionately tended by his wife. His direction is directed to one of the birds, which is picking crumbs from a saucer". Sotheby's comments: "It seems likely that the female nurse in Luard's painting, although thought by the Art journal to represent the soldier's wife, is intended as a symbolic portrait of Nightingale or one of her nurses"
Publication/Creation
[London (25 Berners Street, Oxford Street)] : [Moore McQueen & Co.] ; [Paris (18, Rue J.J. Rousseau)] : [chez François Delarue, Editeur] ; [Berlin] : [Carl Gluck & Co], [Oct.r 1st 1863]
Physical description
1 print : mezzotint ; sheet 64 x 73.9 cm
Lettering
Nearing home
Edition
[State with "Nearing home" in open lettering].
Reference
Wellcome Collection 574969i
Reproduction note
After: oil painting in the same direction, on canvas 83.8 x 104.8 cm, exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1858 (no. 444) and offered for sale by Christie's, London, 26 November 2014, lot 85. A study for the finished picture (on wood, 22.5 x 30.5 cm) was offered for sale by Sotheby's, London, 19 November 2008, lot 106
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