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Vanity of learning

Vanity of learning
 (1862)
illustration p. 30 to the poem Vanity of Learning by Sir John Davies in English Sacred Poetry, compiled by Robert Aris Willmott, published by Routledge, Warne and Routledge, London, 1862

Medium
wood-engraving
Measurements
10.2 × 11.4 cm (image) 10.4 × 11.6 cm (sheet)
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Inscription
printed in ink (in image) l.c.: DALZIEL
printed in ink (in image) l.r.: JDW (monogram)
Accession Number
2929.224-4
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 Philosophy, Scholarship, Learning and Teaching
Subjects (specific)
books illustrations (layout features) libraries (rooms) men (male humans) poems scholars seated figures vanity (philosophical concept)
Movements
Victorian