Words of Comfort, 1879

  • Hubert Herkomer, German, 1849-1914

Etching and drypoint on laid paper

  • Plate: 10 3/4 × 7 7/8 inches (27.3 × 20 cm) Sheet: 14 1/2 × 10 1/2 inches (36.8 × 26.7 cm)

Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps

09.1S586

Signed, in plate, lower left: H. H. 79

Marked, watermark: W KING Marked, Scripps stamp, verso (Lugt Suppl. 2357a) date, 1883, added in ink to the stamp.

Inscribed, in plate, below image, lower center: H. Herkomer sculp. | WORDS OF COMFORT. Inscribed, lower left corner: a4888 Inscribed, center bottom edge: 6 1/4 Inscribed, lower right corner: MSX

November 1883, (Wunderlich & Co., New York, USA). Mrs. James E. Scripps [Harriet J.]

1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Hubert Herkomer, Words of Comfort, 1879, etching and drypoint on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S586.