Illustration design for "The Economy of Human Life"

Robert Dodsley|Frank Howard

1834 · Pen and ink, brush and wash and watercolor · Drawings and Prints

A woman dressed in white is seen from behind walking in a landscape. One of a group of twelve book illustration designs reproduced as an engraving in an 1834 edition of Robert Dodsley's "The Economy of Human Life," published in London John van Voorst. The image illustrates the text: "Lo! Yonder she walketh in maiden sweetness, with innocence in her mind, and modesty on her cheek."

Artist

Robert Dodsley|Frank Howard

Date

1834

Medium

Pen and ink, brush and wash and watercolor

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1966