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The Swallows

The Swallows
 (1866)

Medium
pen and ink and white wash over pencil
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1897
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

Artwork Details

Medium
pen and ink and white wash over pencil
Measurements
9.2 × 15.2 cm (image) 10.8 × 16.8 cm (sheet)
Place/s of Execution
Quantock, Somerset, England
Inscription
inscribed in pen and ink (in image) l.r.: (...illeg.)
Accession Number
29-2
Department
International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1897
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 Monuments and Memorials
Subjects (specific)
churchyards illustrations (layout features) melancholy poetry tombstones (sepulchral monuments)

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