The three statues of Aegina
(1861)
illustration p. 491 for The three statues of Aegina by Walter Thornbury in Once a Week, vol. 5 (June–December), published by Bradbury & Evans, London, 26 October 1861

Joseph SWAIN (wood-engraver)

Frederick SANDYS (draughtsman)

Gallery location: Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium

wood-engraving

Measurements

12.8 × 8.5 cm (image) 13.2 × 8.9 cm (sheet)

Place/s of Execution

London, England

Catalogue/s Raisonné

Reid p. 59

Inscription

printed in ink (in image) AFS (monogram)
printed in ink (in image) SWAIN Sc.

Accession Number

1280.15-3

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 Religion and Mythology

Subjects (specific)

cloaks deaths Hades (Greek deity) illustrations (layout features) laurel wreaths Minerva (Roman deity) sculptors statues

Movements

Pre-Raphaelite Victorian

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The three statues of Aegina (1861) illustration p. 491 for The three statues of Aegina by Walter Thornbury in Once a Week, vol. 5 (June–December), published by Bradbury & Evans, London, 26 October 1861 Joseph SWAIN (wood-engraver) Frederick SANDYS (draughtsman)

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The three statues of Aegina
(1861)
illustration p. 491 for The three statues of Aegina by Walter Thornbury in Once a Week, vol. 5 (June–December), published by Bradbury & Evans, London, 26 October 1861

Joseph SWAIN (wood-engraver)

Frederick SANDYS (draughtsman)