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

Medium
wood-engraving

Measurements
12.8 × 8.6 cm (image) 13.1 × 8.8 cm (sheet)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Bequest of Percival Serle, 1952

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
London, England

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

Accession Number
2929.5-4

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

Movements
Pre-Raphaelite Victorian