SYMBOL 1881 Frank Dicksee - Moritz Klinkicht VICTORIAN PRINT

Original 1881 6 1/4 inch x 8 1/8 inch print of THE SYMBOL. The illustration represents a group of revellers in the gayest costumes coming through an archway in some old-world Italian town. The girls, beautiful in form and face, are disporting themselves in true Bacchanalian fashion, but the attention of the leader of the troupe, a gaily-dressed gallant, is suddenly arrested by an old man with a basket relics by the wayside, who holds up a crucifix for sale. From the painting by Frank Dicksee (1853 - 1928). Sir Francis Bernard Dicksee KCVO PRA was an English Victorian painter and illustrator, best known for his pictures of dramatic literary, historical, and legendary scenes. He also was a noted painter of portraits of fashionable women, which helped to bring him success in his own time. Engraved by Moritz Klinkicht (1845 - fl.1893). Wood-engraver, draughtsman and illustrator. Born in Germany; 1859-62, studied in Dresden with August Gaber; thereafter worked in Stuttgart and Paris before settling in London in 1868-83. Directed the London wood-engraving studio of the publisher Cassell, Petter and Galpin, and set up his own office where he engraved cuts for the 'Illustrated London News'; 1883, moved to Freiburg but continued to work for English publishers. Inscription below the image and title: ”Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by?” - LAM. i, 12. Page

size 8 3/4 inch x 12 inch From ‘The Magazine of Art’ Vol. IV. 1881. Published by Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co. - London Paris & New York. The engraving is in very good condition. Reverse side blank.