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Will his eyes open?

Will his eyes open?
 (1863)
illustration facing p. 1 for Romola, by George Eliot in The Cornhill Magazine, vol. 8 (July–December), published by Smith, Elder & Co., London, July 1863

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
10.5 × 15.8 cm (image) 10.7 × 16.0 cm (sheet)
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Reid p. 207
Inscription
printed in ink (in image) l.r.: SWAIN Sc
Accession Number
1280.3-3
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 Relationships and Interactions
Subjects (specific)
castles (fortifications) cloaks fathers illustrations (layout features) literary characters men (male humans) riverbanks strangulations
Movements
Pre-Raphaelite Victorian

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