Original steel engraving, "The Fair Sleeper": a young woman asleep in a large armchair by the window, her small dog beside her, after the painting by H. Wyatt in the Vernon Gallery. Engraved by G. A. Periam and printed by C. Norton, according to the caption.
Original steel engraving, "The Fair Sleeper": a young woman asleep in a large armchair by the window, her small dog beside her, after the painting by H. Wyatt in the Vernon Gallery. Engraved by G. A. Periam and printed by C. Norton, according to the caption.
The Vernon Gallery held the collection of British painting that Robert Vernon gave to the nation in 1847 and which was made widely known through engravings published in The Art Journal.
Medium: Steel engraving
Artist / after: H. Wyatt
Engraver / lithographer: G. A. Periam
Date: Mid 19th century
Source: The Vernon Gallery
Dimensions: 12.6 x 9.2 in (32 x 23.3 cm)
Condition: The plate mark clean; foxing in the upper right margin, a crease in the lower right and a fold in the upper left corner.