[CHINA - ANTIQUE PRINT] SWAIN, JOSEPH [FIRM OF ENGRAVERS].

Sketches in China: Village Interior Near Shanghai. [Caption Title].

London. The Illustrated London News, May 24, 1873. Stock ID #179980

Full-page engraving: 23.4 x 31.3 cm (image only), explanatory text overleaf, minor edge wear, very good condition.

Atmospheric and detailed composition engraved by the firm of Joseph Swain (Oxford, 1820 - Ealing, 1908). Swain was one of the finest wood engravers (and interpreters of artists' work) of the Victorian era, noted for his contributions to "Punch" and wood engravings after designs by some of the most distinguished English artists of the time. He is noted for his swirling lines and tonal effects rendering the modulation of light. [See Simon Cooke, "A Clever Man: Joseph Swain as an Engraver and Interpreter" online at The Victorian Web].

From the Estate of the late collector and scholar Arthur Hacker.

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