Sleep - Tracing for the Wood Engraving
1863
Accession number: 1906P919
Pencil on tracing paper.
Width: 159 mm
Height: 204 mm
Information
Sandys used this tracing to transfer the finished design for the illustration 'Sleep' onto the woodblock. A pen and ink drawing of the finished design is at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney. The illustration was commissioned to accompany an anonymous poem of the same name published in the magazine 'Good Words,' in August 1863 (p. 589).
- Purchased and presented by subscribers, 1906.
- © Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery
Makers
| Association | Artist | Organisation |
|---|---|---|
| Artist | Frederick Sandys | - |
Literature
| Author(s) | Date(s) | Publisher | Pages |
|---|---|---|---|
| City of Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery: Catalogue of the Permanent Collection of Drawings | |||
| A E Whitley | 1939 | Bemrose & Sons Ltd., Derby | p.381 |
| Frederick Sandys 1829-1904 A Catalogue Raisonne | |||
| Betty Elzea | - | Antique Collectors' Club in association with Norfolk Museums & Archaeology Service | p. 218 |
Provenance
| Probably acquired by Charles Fairfax Murray before June 1895. |
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