(The accident of Mademoiselle Boisfleury)

(The accident of Mademoiselle Boisfleury)
 (1862)
illustration p. 1 for The Prodigal Son by Edward Dutton Cook in Once a Week, vol. 7, published by Bradbury & Evans, London, 28 June 1862

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
wood-engraving
Measurements
11.5 × 13.2 cm (image and sheet)
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Inscription
printed (diagonally) in ink (in image) l.l.: SWAIN Sc.
printed (diagonally) in ink (in image) l.r.: F.W
Accession Number
2929.319-4
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)
accidents illustrations (layout features) injury (medical condition) literary characters men (male humans) women (female humans)
Movements
Victorian

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