print;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 1875,0508.1358
- Title
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Object: Coming home
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Series: The Cornhill Gallery
- Description
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A woman looking at a man climbing a flight of steps; reprint of a plate first published in 'Cornhill' VI, December 1862, p.726
Wood-engraving printed over a tint-stone
- Production date
- 1862
- Dimensions
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Height: 159 millimetres
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Width: 101 millimetres (image only)
- Curator's comments
- From a set of wood-engravings after Leighton made for publication in the 'Cornhill' magazine in 1862-3, as reprinted in 'The Cornhill Gallery' in 1864. See comment on 1875,0508.1347.
The British Museum has Leighton's original drawing for this print (see 1993,0724.4). Another preparatory drawing was with Abbott and Holder (May 2019, no. 50).
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Romola
- Acquisition date
- 1875
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1875,0508.1358