Wood engraving on paper
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Shadow engraved by Dalziel Brothers
Presented by Gilbert Dalziel 1924
actions: processes and functions
adults
agricultural
animals: birds
animals: mammals
architecture
bird - non-specific
children
cow
dog - non-specific
farm
girl
group
groups
hunting
leisure and pastimes
man
people
pulling
recreational activities
townscapes / man-made features
wall
<p>This design was included in Robert Buchanan’s Wayside Posies; it illustrates a poem about the cruel killing of animals. Here two children witness a calf being led reluctantly away, aware of the inevitable event about to take place. The dead birds hooked to the wall in the background is further evidence of the harsh realities of farming life.</p><p>The poem concludes:</p><p>O, all the world I see</p><p>Would be fresh and free and fair</p><p>Did not men’s crueltie</p><p>Put a shadow everywhere!</p><p><em>Gallery label, November 2004</em></p>
paper print wood engraving
9 August 2004 – 8 August 2005
2005-08-08
1 March 2004
2004-03-01
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2004-08-09
19th Century Illustration
Collection based display
The Shadow, engraved by the Dalziel Brothers
image: 168 × 121 mm
Presented by Gilbert Dalziel 1924
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<span class="text7">This design was included in Robert Buchanan’s </span><span class="tItalic">Wayside Posies</span><span class="text7">; it illustrates  
a poem about the cruel killing of animals. Here two children witness a      calf being led reluctantly away, aware of the inevitable event about to      take place. The dead birds hooked to the wall in the background is further      evidence of the harsh realities of farming life.  </span>
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<span class="text7">The poem concludes: </span>
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<span class="tItalic">O, all the world I see </span>
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<span class="tItalic">Would be fresh and free and fair </span>
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<span class="tItalic">Did not men’s crueltie </span>
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<span class="tItalic">Put a shadow everywhere! </span>
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actions: processes and functions adults agricultural animals: birds animals: mammals architecture bird - non-specific children cow dog - non-specific farm girl group groups hunting leisure and pastimes man people pulling recreational activities townscapes / man-made features wall