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Artist
- Name:
- Sandys, Frederick
- Dates:
- 1829-1904
- Country:
- UK
Illustration
- Subject:
- Narratives
- Technique:
- Wood engraving
- Engraver:
- Swain, Joseph
- Format:
- Landscape (wider)
- 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
A musician sitting at the organ turns around suddenly, as the man for whom he was playing is dying. Death in person stands behind the instrument.
This illustration was created for Julia Goddard’s poem “From the German of Uhland” and first published in Once a Week on March 23, 1861.
Keywords: 1860s, 19th century, black & white, death, music, Victorian
