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The abundance of Egypt

The abundance of Egypt
(1857)
plate 20 from Etchings for the Art Union, 1857

Medium
etching on chine collé
Measurements
14.9 × 10.5 cm irreg. (image) 15.5 × 12.2 cm (plate) 36.6 × 26.7 cm (sheet)
Printing/Publishing
published by the Etching Club, London
Inscription
printed in ink l.l.: W.H. Hunt
printed in ink l.c.: 20
Accession Number
P96-1976
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1976
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
Allegory and Symbols Human Figures
Subjects (specific)
abundance Egypt (nation) flasks (bottles) grain (seed) half figures harvesters (people in agriculture) harvesting women (female humans)
Movements
Pre-Raphaelite