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From my window

From my window
 (1861)
illustration p. 238 for the poem From my window by Frederick H. Whymper in Once a Week, vol. 5 (June–December), published by Bradbury & Evans, London, 24 August 1861

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
12.9 × 8.5 cm (image) 13.2 × 8.8 cm (sheet)
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Reid p. 59
Inscription
printed in ink (in image) u.l.: AFS (monogram)
printed in ink (in image) l.r.: SWAIN Sc.
Accession Number
1280.14-3
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 Interiors Literary and Text
Subjects (specific)
hairnets illustrations (layout features) literary characters waiting windows women (female humans)
Movements
Pre-Raphaelite Victorian

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