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Dewfall
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1834-1903
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Height: 17.6 cm
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Signature: Recto: lower left, printed in image: Whistler
Inscription: Recto: lower centre, written in pencil above 'Dewfall': J Whistler
Inscription: Recto: lower centre, printed below image: Dewfall. / DEWFALL—and I sat and read / A letter wet with tears she shed: / First grief like a blight-wind blows, / Blistering life's Summer rose. / GUN-FIRE—and I tried to weep / O'er a face that seemed to sleep— / Far away from home and those / Who saw our love grow like a rose. / 157
Inscription: Recto: lower centre, typed at bottom of cutting: J. WHISTLER
Stamp: Recto: right margin of cutting, stamped in black: WITT / LIBRARY
Inscription: Recto: lower left, typed: Wood engraving
Inscription: Recto: lower centre, typed: James McNeill WHISTLER / Dewfall
Stamp: Recto: lower right, stamped in blue: M
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