Caption:
- Artist:
- Walker, Francis S.
- Materials:
- Paper (fiber material), Ink
- Techniques:
- Photoengraving
- Title of Publication:
- The deserted village
- Publisher:
- Thos. De La Rue and Co.
- Publication place:
- London
- Publication date:
- 1884
- Curator Comment:
- This illustration is closely faithful to the text it supports. The composition and format of this illustration, a shallow rectangle, corresponds very closely to the painted work of the Scottish artist, John Robertson Reid.
- Note on artwork:
- In the foreground, a young farm labourer closely accompanies a milkmaid along a meandering track that leads to the distant village, as children chase geese. The elevated point-of-view gives a vista across the land.
