The Chamber Idyll

Edward Calvert

1831 · Wood engraving · Drawings and Prints

A pastoral love scene framed by the rustic structure of a cottage. Within a low room, a nude youth sits on the edge of a bed next to a standing woman who garment both remove. A bowl filled with fruit sits on the floor and a shepherd's crook leans at left while, at right there is a landscape with a star-filled sky and sheep and an ox standing near the cottage.

Artist: Edward Calvert
Date: 1831
Medium: Wood engraving
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1931

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