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The robber saint / S [monogram] ; Swain sc.

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Frederic Shields
1833-1911

The robber saint / S [monogram] ; Swain sc.

[London : s.n., 1861?]
wood engraving
image: 127 x 100 mm; sheet: 161 x 122 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.997
Notes
Proof of a wood engraving by Swain after an illustration by Frederick J. Shields for a poem of the same title published in Once a week, v, 1861, p. 378.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed in pencil at lower left: Shields. The robber saint.
Provenance

From the library of Gordon N. Ray.

Summary

Illustration shows St. Just bidding farewell to St. Keverne while secretly pocketing the latter's silver cup.

Associated names
Swain, Joseph, 1820-1909, engraver.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Classification
Department
Century prints