From My Window
Date1861
Artist
Frederick Sandys
(English painter, illustrator, and draftsman, 1829–1904)
Artist
Joseph Swain
(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
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Not on viewClassificationsPRINT
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.
