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And I may die but the grass will grow

And I may die but the grass will grow
(1871)
illustration for the song The mist and the rain by Arthur Sullivan, words by Alfred Tennyson, in Good Words for 1871, volume 12, published by Strahan & Co., London and Edinburgh, pp. 113–15

Medium
wood-engraving
Measurements
18.4 × 13.2 cm (image) 18.6 × 13.5 cm (sheet)
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Accession Number
1280.38-3
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Percival Serle, 1927
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)
Emotions and Mental States Human Figures Literary and Text
Subjects (specific)
illustrations (layout features) literary characters melancholy night songs (musical compositions) streams trees
Movements
Pre-Raphaelite Victorian