The Boy Martyr - Final Design for the Wood Engraving
1862
Accession number: 1906P843
Pen and brush in black ink on paper.
Width: 209 mm
Height: 152 mm
Information
Finished design for the wood engraving illustrating a poem signed 'J.W' in Once a Week, 22 November 1862(p. 602). Larger and slightly different from the drawing finally engraved.
- Purchased and presented by subscribers, 1906.
- © Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery
Makers
| Association | Artist | Organisation |
|---|---|---|
| Artist | Frederick Sandys | - |
Exhibitions
| Catalogue No. | Venue | Date(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter exhibition | |||
| 2826 | Royal Academy of Arts, London | 1905 - 1905 | |
| Frederick Sandys 1829-1904 | |||
| 245 | Brighton Museum and Art Gallery | 1974-05-07 - 1974-07-14 | |
| 245 | Mappin Art Gallery, Sheffield | 1974 - 1974 | |
Literature
| Author(s) | Date(s) | Publisher | Pages |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pall Mall Magazine | |||
| November 1898 | vol. 16 | p. 329 | |
| City of Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery: Catalogue of the Permanent Collection of Drawings | |||
| A E Whitley | 1939 | Bemrose & Sons Ltd., Derby | p.380 |
| Frederick Sandys 1829-1904: A Catalogue Raisonné | |||
| Betty Elzea | 2001 | Antique Collectors' Club in association with Norfolk Museums and Archaeology Service | no. 2.B.56, pp. 217-18. |
Provenance
| James Anderson Rose, sold at his death at Christie's 5 May 1891 (lot 930, bt by Charles Fairfax Murray for £2.2.0. |
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