(Santa eavesdropping a conversation)

(Santa eavesdropping a conversation)
 (1862)
illustration p. 337 for the story Santa: or, A Woman's Tragedy by Isabella Blagden in Once a Week, vol. 7 (June – December), published by Bradbury & Evans, London, 20 September 1862

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
wood-engraving
Measurements
12.6 × 11.3 cm (image) 12.8 × 11.5 cm (sheet)
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Inscription
printed in relief (in image) l.c.r: SWAIN
Accession Number
2929.169-4
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 Relationships and Interactions
Subjects (specific)
discussions (events) hearing (sense) illustrations (layout features) literary characters skirts (garments) stories (literature genre) trees women (female humans)
Movements
Victorian

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