DALZIEL BROTHERS (attributed to) (wood-engraver), Arthur HUGHES (draughtsman)
And I may die but the grass will grow
(1871)
illustration for the song The mist and the rain by Arthur Sullivan, words by Alfred Tennyson, in Good Words for 1871, volume 12, published by Strahan & Co., London and Edinburgh, pp. 113–15

Medium
wood-engraving

Measurements
18.4 × 13.2 cm (image) 18.6 × 13.5 cm (sheet)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Percival Serle, 1927

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
London, England

Accession Number
1280.38-3

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)
Emotions and Mental States Human Figures Literary and Text

Subjects (specific)
illustrations (layout features) literary characters melancholy night songs (musical compositions) streams trees

Movements
Pre-Raphaelite Victorian