Felix Octavius Carr Darley / The village blacksmith / between 1840 and 1888

Felix Octavius Carr Darley
The village blacksmith
between 1840 and 1888
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Creator Name: Darley, Felix Octavius Carr
Creator Role: Artist
Creator Dates/Places: 1822-1888
Creator Name-CRT: Felix Octavius Carr Darley
Title: The village blacksmith
View: Unphotographed
Creation Start Date: 1840
Creation End Date: 1888
Creation Date: between 1840 and 1888
Object Type: Drawings and Watercolors
Classification Term: Illustrations
Materials and Techniques: pencil and wash
Materials and Techniques: Pencil and wash
Parts and Pieces: 4
Dimensions: unmeasured
AMICA Contributor: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Owner Location: Washington, DC, USA
ID Number: DLC/PP-1982:0037
Credit Line: Courtesy of The Library of Congress
Rights: http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/print/res/caiamico.html
Context: 'A spreading chesnut [sic] tree, week in, week out, from morn till night you can hear his bellows blow.'
Context: At top: vignette of man standing by anvil, with shop to left, church scene to right; below, man working bellows by oven, and two Revolutionary War soldiers shooting
Context: Discovery of unconscious man in mine-- on verso; not recorded on videodisc
Context: Includes preliminary drawing for 'The Village Blacksmith.'
Related Work Description: Cabinet of American Illustration (Library of Congress)
Link to Work: (DLC)95849474
AMICA ID: LOC_.cai96000776/PP
AMICA Library Year: 1999
Media Metadata Rights: Unphotographed

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