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Crossing the Brook<\/h2>\n
Le Blond No. 87<\/div>\n
Date:<\/strong> 1850\u20131870
\nSize:<\/strong> 6 3\/4″ \u00d7 5 1\/4″<\/div>\n

Travelers make their way across a peaceful brook in a tranquil country landscape.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\"Crossing<\/div>\n
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From The LeBlond Book<\/em> by C. T. Courtney Lewis, 1920<\/h3>\n
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\n\"The\n<\/div>\n
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103. Crossing the Brook, Le Blond, No. 87.<\/p>\n

After a painting by Gainsborough. An old man has already crossed the flood–as old men must; the young people await their turn, and a woman is crossing now. The brook is a beautiful one, and the voyagers seem in no hurry to cross it; but it will be seen there is sunshine and there is peace upon the farther shore.<\/p>\n

The print is signed on the bottom right.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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