From My Window

From My Window
From My Window

From My Window

Date1861
Artist (English painter, illustrator, and draftsman, 1829–1904)
Artist (British engraver, 1820–1909)
Illustration Citation"From My Window," by Frederick H. Whymper, in Once a Week, vol. V, 1861, p. 238
MediumWood engraving
Dimensions5 7/16 x 3 5/8 in. (13.8 x 9.2 cm)
Credit LineSamuel and Mary R. Bancroft Memorial, 1935
Object number1935-146
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPRINT
Label TextThis illustration accompanied a poem of the same title by Frederick Whymper. Sandys captures the essence of the text, which is more of a reverie than a narrative. A beautiful young woman sits dreamily gazing out of a window. Victorian art is filled with such scenes of leisure, since women were largely confined to the domestic sphere during this period.
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