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Paterfamilias

Paterfamilias
 (1862)
illustration facing p. 513 for The Adventures of Philip, on his way through the world by William Makepeace Thackeray, in The Cornhill Magazine, vol. 5 (January – June), published by Smith, Elder & Co., London, 1862

Medium
wood-engraving
Measurements
17.2 × 11.8 cm irreg. (image) 17.8 × 12.0 cm (sheet)
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Inscription
printed (diagonally) in ink (in image) l.l.: SWAIN Sc
printed in ink (in image) l.r.: F.W
Accession Number
2929.310-4
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)
Emotions and Mental States Human Figures Literary and Text
Subjects (specific)
anxiety bedrooms families (kinship groups) fathers illustrations (layout features) literary characters men (male humans) seated figures
Movements
Victorian