printing-block;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 1992,0406.415
- Title
- Object: The Water-Nymph Appearing to the Shepherd
- Description
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A water-nymph and a shepherd by a stream; the shepherd is holding panpipes. Illustration for the poem 'The Water-Nymph Appearing to the Shepherd' by Landor, in Willmott, Robert Aris (ed.), 'The Poets of the Nineteenth Century' (London: George Routledge & Co, 1857).
Engraved 1856; published 1857
Engraved boxwood woodblock
- Production date
- 1857
- Dimensions
-
Height: 123 millimetres
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Thickness: 23 millimetres
-
Width: 91 millimetres
- Curator's comments
- Catalogued by Bethan Stevens (University of Sussex) in partnership with the British Museum and the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC); digital photography by Sylph Editions, London (www.sylpheditions.com).
For an engravers' proof of the block, see Dalziel Archive volume VIII, 1913,0415.170.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
-
2022 17 May - 4 Sept BM, 90A Woodpecking Factory: Dalziel
- Associated titles
Associated Title: The poets of the nineteenth century.
- Acquisition date
- 1992
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1992,0406.415
