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Lyric Poetry: There Was a Boy, (painting)
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Painter:
Walker, Henry Oliver 1843-1929
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Type:
Paintings-Mural
Paintings-Lunette
Paintings
Owner/Location:
Library of Congress 10 1st Street, S.E Main Entrance Hall, South Corridor Washington District of Columbia 20540
Notes:
Small, Herbert, "The Library of Congress: its architecture and decoration," New York: Norton, 1982, pg. 71.
Summary:
Based on Wordsworth's poem, "There Was a Boy," this painting depicts a boy seated on the side of a lake which relects the stars.
Topic:
Allegory--Arts & Sciences--Poetry
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Literature--Wordsworth--There Was a Boy
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Figure male--Child
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Landscape--Lake
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Landscape--Celestial--Star
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Control number:
IAP 08480613
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_371792