The Village School, from "Illustrated London News"
Alfred Rankley
August 9, 1856 · Wood engraving · Drawings and Prints
An elderly woman teaches children near an open hearth (an example of the "dame schools" that offered poor British children rudimentary education in the 19th century). In the 1850s Rankley turned from exhibiting elevated literary subjects to focus on genre themes centered on children and education. The painting on which this print is based was shown at the Royal Academy of Arts, London in 1856 and the wood engraving appeared in the "Illustrated London News" shortly afterward.
- Artist
- Alfred Rankley
- Date
- August 9, 1856
- Medium
- Wood engraving
- Department
- Drawings and Prints
- Credit line
- Gift of Donato Esposito, 2013