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Sandys was commissioned to design an illustration to accompany a poem by Walter Thornbury. It was engraved by Joseph Swain and published in 'Once a Week' (26 October 1861, p. 491). Thornbury later reused the illustration in his anthology 'Historical and Legendary Ballads and Songs' (1876, p. 137).

  • Purchased from Charles Fairfax Murray and presented by subscribers, 1906.
  • © Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery

Makers

Association Artist Organisation
After Frederick Sandys -
Engraver Joseph Swain -

Inscriptions

Type Position(s) Method Date(s) Notes
top left: AFS [monogram]; bottom left: SWAIN Sc
Signature body Printed 1861 Ink.
 

Exhibitions

Catalogue No. Venue Date(s)
Winter Exhibition
277a Academy of Arts, London 1905 - 1905
 

Literature

Author(s) Date(s) Publisher Pages
English Illustration: The Sixties 1855-70
Gleeson White 1897, reprinted 1970 Kingsmead Reprints, Bath p. 29
 
City of Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery: Catalogue of the Permanent Collection of Drawings
A E Whitley 1939 Bemrose & Sons Ltd., Derby p. 378
 
Frederick Sandys 1829-1904: A Catalogue Raisonné
Betty Elzea 2001 Antique Collectors' Club in association with Norfolk Museums and Archaeology Service p. 206

Associated people

Name Type
Walter Thornbury Author

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