A. S. COKE
Polly, I wish awfully you’d let it be
(1889-1890)
illustration facing page p. 52 for the novel The Wages of Sin, by Lucas Malet [Mary St Leger Kingsley], in The Universal Review, vol. VI (January – April) edited by Harry Quilter, published by Swan Sonnenschein and Co., London, 1890

Medium
pen and ink and touches of gouache

Measurements
32.2 × 21.3 cm (image and sheet)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1923

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
London, England

Accession Number
1278.833-3

Department
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 Relationships and Interactions

Subjects (specific)
fans (costume accessories) full-length figures illustrations (layout features) men (male humans) seated figures women (female humans)

Movements
Victorian