The Old Chartist
Datec. 1861
Artist
Frederick Sandys
(English painter, illustrator, and draftsman, 1829–1904)
Artist
Joseph Swain
(British engraver, 1820–1909)
Illustration Citation"The Old Chartist," by George Meredith, in Once a Week, February 8, 1862
MediumWood engraving
Dimensionscomposition: 4 1/8 × 5 in. (10.5 × 12.7 cm)
sheet: 4 3/8 × 5 3/16 in. (11.1 × 13.2 cm)
sheet: 4 3/8 × 5 3/16 in. (11.1 × 13.2 cm)
Credit LineSamuel and Mary R. Bancroft Memorial, 1935
Object number1935-155
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPRINT
Label TextThis image served as an illustration to a poem written by George Meredith. The poem, a long-winded sermon on the injustices dealt to the working man, is neatly summarized by Sandys. A single figure in the left foreground, clothed in working man’s garb, is depicted deep in thought. The remaining expanse of the composition is entirely devoted to the detailed landscape in which he stands.
