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John Callcott Horsley
1817-1903
Nydia
[London : s.n., 1870?]
wood engraving
image: 162 x 127 mm; sheet: 268 x 226 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.904
Notes
Block signed with the name of the engraver.
Proof of a wood engraving by Swain after an illustration by J.C. Horsley for Pictures from English literature, London : Cassell, Petter and Galpin, 1870, p. 136.
Proof of a wood engraving by Swain after an illustration by J.C. Horsley for Pictures from English literature, London : Cassell, Petter and Galpin, 1870, p. 136.
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Illustration shows the blind Nydia leading the lovers Glaucus and Ione as Vesuvius erupts in the background.
Associated names
Swain, Joseph, 1820-1909, engraver.
Waller, John Francis, 1810-1894. Pictures from English literature.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Waller, John Francis, 1810-1894. Pictures from English literature.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Artist
Classification
Department
Century prints
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