Victorian Periodical Wood Engravings / PL3497 The Cumean Sybil Publication Title: Once a Week Vol.11 1864 (year of production) Wood engraving mounted on grey card 165 x 120 mm.Purchase: Puttick and Simpson Auctioneers, Leicester Square, London 1924show object description A Roman, perhaps, reaches down to his sword when a hooded figure walks into the building. In the background are the grand palace walls and a street lined with trees. Sybil means prophetess in ancient Greek. She was the priestess presiding over the Apollonian oracle at Cumae.
A Roman, perhaps, reaches down to his sword when a hooded figure walks into the building. In the background are the grand palace walls and a street lined with trees. Sybil means prophetess in ancient Greek. She was the priestess presiding over the Apollonian oracle at Cumae. --other objects by this Artist-- (Prints1860s) PL3514 A Winter's Night
(Prints1860s) PL3479 After the Opera
(Prints1860s) PL3475 An Orphan Family's Christmas
(Prints1860s) PL3476 Cousin Winnie
(Prints1860s) PL3499 Fast and Firm
(Prints1860s) PL3492 French Protestantism
(Prints1860s) PL3498 French Protestantism
(Prints1860s) PL3477 Hester Durham
(Prints1860s) PL3503 King Brick
(Prints1860s) PL3500 Love and Pride
(Prints1860s) PL3502 MacDonnil's Coronach
(Prints1860s) PL3511 Marling Hall
(Prints1860s) PL3512 Marling Halll
(Prints1860s) PL3480 My First and Last Balloon Ascent
(Prints1860s) PL3505 On the Cliffs
(Prints1860s) PL3482 Pictures in Clouds
(Prints1860s) PL3470 Pictures in the Fire
(Prints1860s) PL3509 Quite Unexpected
(Prints1860s) PL3510 Quite Unexpected
(Prints1860s) PL3481 Ruth Grey's Trial
(Prints1860s) PL3468 Swift and the Mohawks
(Prints1860s) PL3471 The Carrier Pigeon
(Prints1860s) PL3494 The Coast-Guardsman's Tale
(Prints1860s) PL3506 The Curse of the Gudmunds
(Prints1860s) PL3504 The Dying Viking
(Prints1860s) PL3469 The Father of the Regiment
(Prints1860s) PL3483 The First Time I Saw Her
(Prints1860s) PL3484 The First Time I Saw Her
(Prints1860s) PL3485 The First Time I Saw Her
(Prints1860s) PL3486 The First Time I Saw Her
(Prints1860s) PL3487 The First Time I Saw Her
(Prints1860s) PL3488 The First Time I Saw Her
(Prints1860s) PL3489 The First Time I Saw Her
(Prints1860s) PL3490 The First Time I Saw Her
(Prints1860s) PL3491 The First Time I Saw Her
(Prints1860s) PL3474 The Ghost of Heatherbell Abbey
(Prints1860s) PL3507 The Man and the Dog
(Prints1860s) PL3508 The Operations of Lawrence Reeve
(Prints1860s) PL3493 The Probus and his Valentines
(Prints1860s) PL3478 The Spirit of Eld
(Prints1860s) PL3513 The Trevilian's Summer Trip
(Prints1860s) PL3473 The Widow's Wail
(Prints1860s) PL3472 The Xmas Child
(Prints1860s) PL3501 Two Loves and a Life
(Prints1860s) PL3495 Wish Not