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Print

19th century (printed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

A wood engraved illustration to an unidentified publication depicting a female saint in ecstasy.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Wood engraving on paper
Brief description
Print by Henry Courtney Selous, illustration to an unidentified publication depicting a female saint in ecstasy, wood engraving, Great Britain, 19th century
Physical description
A wood engraved illustration to an unidentified publication depicting a female saint in ecstasy.
Dimensions
  • Height: 2.6975in
  • Width: 2.4375in
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1928. London: HMSO, 1929
Credit line
Given by Mrs Warren
Production
Although the publication this illustration was intended for is unidentified, departmental notes suggest that it could have been for Bishop Heber's Hymns (1867), or Cassell's Illustrated Book of Sacred Poems.
Associated object
E.3397-1928 (Original)
Bibliographic reference
Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1928. London: HMSO, 1929
Collection
Accession number
E.3398-1928

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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