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1838

The Blacksmith's Shop

Thomas Creswick

British, 1811 - 1869

When Creswick republished this image in Etch'd Thoughts by the Etching Club (London, 1844), he paired it with lines from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's 1839 poem "The Village Blacksmith," because the poem so well matched the narrative sensibilities of the scene.

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