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King Warwolf

King Warwolf
 (1862)
illustration p. 266 for the poem The Death of King Warwolf: A Norse Legend by George Walter Thornbury in Once a Week, vol. 7, published by Bradbury & Evans, London, 30 August 1862

Medium
wood-engraving
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Percival Serle, 1927
Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
wood-engraving
Measurements
14.1 × 11.5 cm
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Catalogue/s Raisonné
White pp. 29, 143-174
Inscription
printed in ink (in image) l.l.: AFS (monogram)
printed in ink (in image) l.r.: SWAIN
Accession Number
1280.48-3
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Percival Serle, 1927
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
Ceremonial and Funerary Human Figures Literary and Text
Subjects (specific)
burning alive characters (people by activity) deaths fires (events) illustrations (layout features) kings (people) literary characters Viking
Movements
Pre-Raphaelite Victorian

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