Legend of the portent

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

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
wood-engraving
Measurements
14.5 × 9.5 cm (image) 14.8 × 9.7 cm (sheet)
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
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)
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

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