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The image shows a group of figures inside a tent-like structure. The figures are seated or kneeling, with some adorned with feathers and simple clothing. They are gathered around a central figure covered by a cloth on the ground. Two figures seem to be engaged in a ritual over the central figure, with one holding a bowl and the other performing an act of touching or blessing. The setting includes plants and symbolic items, creating a contemplative and ceremonial atmosphere.
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The image shows a group of figures inside a tent-like structure. The figures are seated or kneeling, with some adorned with feathers and simple clothing. They are gathered around a central figure covered by a cloth on the ground. Two figures seem to be engaged in a ritual over the central figure, with one holding a bowl and the other performing an act of touching or blessing. The setting includes plants and symbolic items, creating a contemplative and ceremonial atmosphere.

National Gallery of Art · Print

And Take, She Said, This Token Far Away...

H. W. Collard, after George Elgar Hicks

Date
1846
Medium
engraving in black on wove paper
Dimensions
image: 20 × 30.96 cm (7 7/8 × 12 3/16 in.) plate: 25.24 × 35.4 cm (9 15/16 × 13 15/16 in.) sheet: 28.73 × 42.55 cm (11 5/16 × 16 3/4 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
2015.19.3571
Credit line
Corcoran Collection
Time span
1826 to 1850
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Portfolio and series

Series
Gertrude of Wyoming [plate 5]

Subjects and terms

  • genre
  • British
  • Child
  • engraving
  • Female
  • Pipe
  • Male
  • Figures
Provenance

Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1882; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Inscription

upper right in plate: 5.; at bottom in plate: G.E. Hicks delt. / H.W. Collard sc. / And take, she said, this token far away, / To one that will remember us of yore. / Art-Union of London, 1846.

Marks

stamped upper left verso in blue ink: Corcoran Gallery of Art. Washington. D.C. Jun 12 1882

NGA object ID 182497. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.