Joseph SWAIN (wood-engraver), John Everett MILLAIS (draughtsman)
Tannhäuser
(1861)
illustration p. 211 for Tannhäuser in Once a Week vol. 5 (June – December), published by Bradbury & Evans, London, 17 August 1861, pp. 210–12

Medium
wood-engraving

Measurements
11.3 × 9.4 cm (image) 11.7 × 9.6 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.l.: JEM (monogram)
printed in ink l.r.: SWAIN

Accession Number
2929.290-4

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)
History and Legend Human Figures Literary and Text

Subjects (specific)
caves illustrations (layout features) knights (landholders) literary characters love (emotion) seductions swords women (female humans)

Movements
Pre-Raphaelite Victorian