The Messenger

The Messenger
 c. 1894

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
Lithograph
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Ricketts. 19
Accession Number
597-2
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1914
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Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
Allegory and Symbols Human Figures Religion and Mythology
Subjects (specific)
angels (spirits) doves (Columbidae) glories men (male humans) nudes (representations) sunbursts windows

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