John SWAIN (wood-engraver), Frederick WALKER (draughtsman)
At the sick man's door
(1862)
illustration facing p. 129 for The Adventures of Philip, on his way through the world by William Makepeace Thackeray, in The Cornhill Magazine, vol. 5 (January – June), published by Smith, Elder & Co., London, 1862

Medium
wood-engraving

Measurements
17.0 × 11.4 cm (image) 17.2 × 11.5 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.: SWAIN Sc
printed in ink (in image) l.r.: F.W

Accession Number
2929.311-4

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)
Emotions and Mental States Human Figures Literary and Text

Subjects (specific)
anxiety doorways illness illustrations (layout features) literary characters men (male humans) seated figures women (female humans)

Movements
Victorian