Joseph SWAIN (wood-engraver), Frederick SANDYS (draughtsman)
The boy martyr
(1862)
illustration for The Boy Martyr (Nero Imperator) by Anon. in Once a Week, vol. 7, published by Bradbury & Evans, London, 22 November 1862

Medium
wood-engraving

Measurements
9.2 × 12.7 cm (image) 9.5 × 12.9 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) l.c.r.: SWAIN Sc.
printed in ink (in image) l.r.: AFS (monogram)

Accession Number
2929.6-4

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)
Animals Human Figures Literary and Text

Subjects (specific)
amphitheaters (built works) deaths gladiators illustrations (layout features) lion (species) martyrdoms men (male humans) suffering

Movements
Pre-Raphaelite Victorian