UNKNOWN (wood-engraver), James McNeill WHISTLER (draughtsman)
(A nun gazing out of a window)
(1862)
illustration p. 378 for the poem Count Burkhardt by E. L., in Once a Week, vol. 7 (June-December), published by Bradbury & Evans, London, 27 September 1862

Medium
wood-engraving

Measurements
15.8 × 10.0 cm (image) 16.0 × 10.2 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 (diagonally) in ink (in image) l.l.: Whistler

Accession Number
2929.199-4

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

Subjects (specific)
illustrations (layout features) nun's habit nuns poems windows women (female humans)

Movements
Victorian