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Isabella and Gertrude

Print
1830 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Print depicting Isabella and Gertrude clutching each other in fear in the Chapel at Ebersdorf; a scene from The House of Aspen by Sir Walter Scott.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleIsabella and Gertrude (published title)
Materials and techniques
engraving
Brief description
'Isabella and Gertrude', engraving by Frederick Bacon after Alfred Chalon, published in London, 1830
Physical description
Print depicting Isabella and Gertrude clutching each other in fear in the Chapel at Ebersdorf; a scene from The House of Aspen by Sir Walter Scott.
Dimensions
  • Height: 7.25in (Note: cut to)
  • Width: 4.4375in (Note: cut to)
Dimensions taken from Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1916-1918, London: HMSO, 1920
Marks and inscriptions
Drawn by A. E. Chalon, R.A. Engraved by F. Bacon.
Credit line
Given by Arthur Myers Smith
Production
Engraving after drawing by Alfred Chalon, published in 'The Keepsake for 1830'.
Subject depicted
Association
Literary referenceThe House of Aspen
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1916-1918, London: HMSO, 1920
Collection
Accession number
E.417-1918

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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