William James LINTON (wood-engraver), Frederick SANDYS (draughtsman)
Legend of the portent
(1860)
illustration facing p. 617 for The Portent in The Cornhill Magazine, vol 1 (January–June), published by Smith, Elder & Co., London, May 1860

Medium
wood-engraving

Measurements
14.5 × 9.5 cm (image) 14.8 × 9.7 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

Catalogue/s Raisonné
Reid p. 56

Inscription
printed in ink (in image) l.l.: W. J. LINTON SC.

Accession Number
1280.36-3

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)
Human Figures Literary and Text Violence

Subjects (specific)
cliffs equestrians illustrations (layout features) literary characters murders (deaths) scenes (depictions) women (female humans)

Movements
Pre-Raphaelite Victorian