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[–] 4 points 9 months ago

Apparently this was "Engraved in the Illustrated London News, 18th July 1868" ( cite ) I think the idea is, originally it was an engraving in the paper, then later the artist made a watercolor out of it?

The artist was a "special artist" for the Illustrated London News - I think like an artist at large? basically he travelled around the world making art and selling it to them?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Simpson_(Scottish_artist)#Illustrated_London_News

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