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The three statues of Aegina

The three statues of Aegina
 (1861)
illustration p. 491 for the poem The three statues of Aegina by Walter Thornbury in Once a Week, vol. 5 (June – December), published by Bradbury & Evans, London, 26 October 1861

Medium
wood-engraving
Measurements
12.8 × 8.6 cm (image) 13.1 × 8.8 cm (sheet)
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Inscription
printed in ink (in image) u.l.: AFS (monogram)
printed in ink (in image) l.l.: SWAIN Sc.
Accession Number
2929.5-4
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Bequest of Percival Serle, 1952
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)
Human Figures Literary and Text Religion and Mythology
Subjects (specific)
cloaks deaths Hades (Greek deity) illustrations (layout features) laurel wreaths Minerva (Roman deity) sculptors statues
Movements
Pre-Raphaelite Victorian