Swift and the Mohawks

Swift and the Mohawks
 (1861)
illustration p. 323 for the poem Swift and the Mohawks by Walter Thornbury in Once a Week vol. 9, no. 90, published by Bradbury & Evans, London, 16 March 1861

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
wood-engraving
Measurements
14.0 × 12.3 cm (image) 14.2 × 12.6 cm (sheet)
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Inscription
printed (diagonally) in ink (in image) l.l.: T. (T reversed) Morten
printed in ink (in image) l.r.: SWAIN
Accession Number
2929.189-4
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)
criminals drunkenness illustrations (layout features) men (male humans) night poems priests revellers
Movements
Victorian

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