Joseph SWAIN (wood-engraver), Frederic SHIELDS (draughtsman)
The robber saint
(1861)
illustration p. 378 for the poem The Robber Saint: A Cornish legend by Anon. in Once a Week vol. 5 (June – December), published by Bradbury & Evans, London, 1861

Medium
wood-engraving

Measurements
12.6 × 10.0 cm (image) 12.8 × 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 in relief (in image) l.l.: S (in a shield)
printed in ink l.l.: (…illeg.)
printed in ink l.r.: SWAIN. Sc

Accession Number
2929.302-4

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 Religion and Mythology

Subjects (specific)
cowls (cloaks) departures illustrations (layout features) literary characters monks (people) poems saints theft (social issue)

Movements
Victorian