William Holman HUNT
The desolation of Egypt
(1857)
plate 21 from Etchings for the Art Union, 1857

Medium
etching on chine collé

Measurements
3.8 × 10.4 cm (image) 4.9 × 11.4 cm (plate) 26.3 × 36.4 cm (sheet)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1970

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Printing/Publishing
published by the Etching Club, London

Inscription
printed in ink l.l.: W.H. Hunt
printed in ink l.c.: 21

Accession Number
P86-1970

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest

Subjects (general)
Landscapes Monuments and Memorials Sites

Subjects (specific)
ancient sites darkness Egypt (nation) Great Sphinx moons night Pyramids of Giza (ancient site) tents (portable buildings)

Movements
Pre-Raphaelite Victorian