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The death of Oriana

The death of Oriana
 (1857)
illustration for The Ballad of Oriana in Poems by Alfred Tennyson (or the Moxon Tennyson), published by Edward Moxon, London, 1857

Medium
wood-engraving
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Bequest of Percival Serle, 1952
Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
wood-engraving
Measurements
8.0 × 9.5 cm (image) 8.2 × 9.6 cm (sheet)
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Printing/Publishing
printed by Bradbury & Evans, London; published by Edward Moxon, London
Inscription
printed in ink (in image) l.l.: WHH (monogram)
printed in ink (in image) l.c.: DALZIEL
Accession Number
2929.20-4
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 Literary and Text
Subjects (specific)
arrows corpses (bodies) deaths grief illustrations (layout features) literary characters Medievalism
Movements
Pre-Raphaelite Victorian

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