Joseph SWAIN (wood-engraver), Frederick SANDYS (draughtsman)
The king at the gate
(1862)
illustration p.322 for The King at the Gate by Walter Thornbury, in Once a Week, vol. 6 (December 1861–June 1862), published by Bradbury & Evans, London, 15 March 1862

Medium
wood-engraving

Measurements
12.8 × 11.2 cm (image) 13.0 × 11.4 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. 59

Inscription
printed in ink (in image) u.l.: AFS (monogram)
printed in ink (in image) l.r.: SWAIN

Accession Number
1280.11-3

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 Religion and Mythology

Subjects (specific)
gods (deities) illustrations (layout features) kings (people) literary characters visions (life events) Zeus (Greek deity)

Movements
Pre-Raphaelite Victorian