Information

This is a wood-engraved illustration for 'Dark Gordon's Bride', a poem by B. S. Montgomery, executed by Joseph Swain, which appeared in the periodical Once a Week on 25 August, 1860 (p. 238).

  • Accessioned, 1978.
  • © Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery

Makers

Association Artist Organisation
Artist John Everett Millais -
Engraver Joseph Swain -

Inscriptions

Type Position(s) Method Date(s) Notes
SWAIN Sc / monogram (printed)
Signature - Printed -
 

Literature

Author(s) Date(s) Publisher Pages
Once a Week
Harriet Martineau 1860-08-25 Bradbury and Evans, London p. 238
 
John Everett Millais: Illustrator and Narrator
Paul Goldman 2004 Lund Humphries B141

Provenance

James Richardson Holliday; bequeathed to City of Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, 1927; Accessioned, 1978.

Associated people

Name Type
B S Montgomery Author

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