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Artist
- Name:
- Sandys, Frederick
- Dates:
- 1829-1904
- Country:
- UK
Illustration
- Subject:
- Narratives
- Technique:
- Wood engraving
- Engraver:
- Dalziel, the brothers
- Format:
- Portrait (taller)
- Source:
- California Digital Library, the Internet Archive
Book
- Title:
- Reproductions of woodcuts by F. Sandys, 1860-1866
- Author(s):
- Johnson, Borough (preface)
- Publisher:
- London: Carl Hentschel, Ltd., n.d. [1915?]
- Open Library:
- View record.
Description
Cleopatra soaks the pearl of her necklace in a bowl one has to assume filled with vinegar, in the presence of three female musicians and a servant.
Lost, all the lordly pearls that were
Wrung from the sea’s heart, from the green
Coasts of the Indian gulf-river;
Lost, all the loves of the world—so keen
Towards this queen for love of her.
This illustration was created for the eponymous poem by Algernon Swinburne.
Keywords: 1860s, 19th century, antiquity, black & white, Egypt, music, The Cornhill magazine, Victorian
