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The image depicts four figures in a room. On the left, a man stands with one foot forward, holding a long weapon or stick, wearing 19th-century clothing. Beside him, a bald man is holding onto a woman. The woman has long hair and is dressed in a long dress. On the right, another man with a plumed headdress holds a shield and a bow. The room has wood slat walls, a table with pitchers and a cup, and a hanging item, with a suggestion of an open door or window on the right.
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The image depicts four figures in a room. On the left, a man stands with one foot forward, holding a long weapon or stick, wearing 19th-century clothing. Beside him, a bald man is holding onto a woman. The woman has long hair and is dressed in a long dress. On the right, another man with a plumed headdress holds a shield and a bow. The room has wood slat walls, a table with pitchers and a cup, and a hanging item, with a suggestion of an open door or window on the right.

National Gallery of Art · Print

A Form Has Rushed amidst Them from the Dark

Ferdinand Joubert, after George Elgar Hicks

Date
1846
Medium
engraving in black on wove paper
Dimensions
image: 20.16 × 30.48 cm (7 15/16 × 12 in.) plate: 25.24 × 35.56 cm (9 15/16 × 14 in.) sheet: 28.73 × 42.55 cm (11 5/16 × 16 3/4 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
2015.19.3576
Credit line
Corcoran Collection
Time span
1826 to 1850
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Portfolio and series

Series
Gertrude of Wyoming [plate 9]

Subjects and terms

  • French
  • figure
  • Woman
  • engraving
  • Table
  • Pitcher
  • Interior
  • Sword
  • Indian
  • Figures
  • Men
Provenance

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

Inscription

upper right in plate: 9.; at bottom in plate: G.E. Hicks delt. / F. Joubert, sc. / A form has rushed amidst them from the dark, / And spread his arms, ___ and fell upon the floor. / Art-Union of London, 1846.

Marks

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

NGA object ID 182794. 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.