The old chartist

The old chartist
 (1862)
illustration p. 183 for The old chartist by George Meredith in Once a Week vol. 6 (December 1861 – June 1862), published by Bradbury & Evans, London, 8 February 1862

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
wood-engraving
Measurements
10.6 × 12.8 cm (image) 11.0 × 13.0 cm (sheet)
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Inscription
printed in ink (in image) c.: AFS (monogram)
printed in ink (in image) l.l.: SWAIN Sc.
Accession Number
2929.7-4
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Bequest of Percival Serle, 1952
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 Labour, Industry and Machinery Literary and Text
Subjects (specific)
activists footbridges illustrations (layout features) men (male humans) reformers streams
Movements
Pre-Raphaelite Victorian

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