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The old chartist

The old chartist
 (1862)
illustration p.183 for The old chartist by George Meredith in Once a Week, published by Bradbury & Evans, London, 8 February 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
10.7 × 12.7 cm (image) 10.9 × 13.0 cm (sheet)
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Reid p. 59
Edition
ed. 11/36
Inscription
printed in ink (in image) c.: AFS (monogram)

printed in ink (in image) l.l.: SWAIN Sc.
Accession Number
1280.12-3
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 Labour, Industry and Machinery Literary and Text
Subjects (specific)
activists footbridges illustrations (layout features) men (male humans) reformers streams

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