The Boy Martyr
DateLate 1862
Artist
Frederick Sandys
(English painter, illustrator, and draftsman, 1829–1904)
Artist
Joseph Swain
(British engraver, 1820–1909)
Illustration Citation"The Boy Martyr," by Walter Thornbury, in Once a Week, vol. VII, 1862, p. 261.
MediumWood engraving
Dimensionscomposition: 3 9/16 × 4 15/16 in. (9 × 12.5 cm)
sheet: 3 13/16 × 5 3/16 in. (9.7 × 13.2 cm)
sheet: 3 13/16 × 5 3/16 in. (9.7 × 13.2 cm)
Credit LineSamuel and Mary R. Bancroft Memorial, 1935
Object number1935-149
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPRINT
Label TextThis image illustrated a poem of the same title in which a young Christian martyr living in the time of Nero successfully defeats a powerful opponent. Because the Christian refuses to relinquish his faith, Emperor Nero orders the lions to be released into the arena. The Christian is killed but goes to paradise.
