William James LINTON (wood-engraver), Frederic LEIGHTON (draughtsman)
The first kiss
(1862)
illustration for Romola by George Eliot in The Cornhill Magazine vol. 6, published by Smith, Elder & Co., London, September 1862

Medium
wood-engraving

Measurements
16.0 × 10.2 cm (image) 16.2 × 10.4 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.l.: W. J. LINTON. Sc.

Accession Number
2929.66-4

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 Relationships and Interactions

Subjects (specific)
couples embracing illustrations (layout features) literary characters lovers men (male humans) women (female humans)

Movements
Pre-Raphaelite Victorian