Original 1876 engraving of The Shrine in the Forest: a woman kneeling in a wood of twisted trunks lifts her child before a shrine fixed to a tree. Engraved by T. Brown after a painting by William Quiller Orchardson.
Original 1876 engraving of The Shrine in the Forest: a woman kneeling in a wood of twisted trunks lifts her child before a shrine fixed to a tree. Engraved by T. Brown after a painting by William Quiller Orchardson.
Orchardson (Edinburgh, 1832-1910), a Scottish painter of genre and history subjects and later a Royal Academician, was one of the finest storytellers of Victorian painting. The lettering states that it was engraved from the painting then in the publishers' hands.
Medium: Steel engraving.
Artist / after: William Quiller Orchardson.
Engraver: T. Brown.
Date: 1876.
Dimensions: Image 9.1 x 12.8 in (23 x 32.6 cm).
Condition: Good. Clean image; slight foxing spots and a light crease in the right margin, outside the impression.