Cleopatra

Cleopatra
 (1866)
illustration facing p. 331 for Cleopatra by Algernon Swinburne in The Cornhill Magazine, vol. 14 (July–December), published by Smith, Elder & Co., London, September 1866

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
wood-engraving
Measurements
17.5 × 10.9 cm (image) 17.8 × 11.2 cm (sheet)
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Reid p. 60
Inscription
printed in ink (in image) l.l.: AFS (monogram)
printed in ink (in image) l.r.: DALZIEL
Accession Number
1280.21-3
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)
History and Legend Human Figures Literary and Text
Subjects (specific)
Cleopatra illustrations (layout features) musicians pearl (animal material) queens (people) rulers (people) servants women (female humans)
Movements
Pre-Raphaelite Victorian

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