File:Frederick Sandys - The King of the Gate.jpg

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The King of the Gate   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Artist
Frederick Sandys  (1829–1904)  wikidata:Q1470796 s:en:Author:Anthony Frederick Augustus Sandys
 
Frederick Sandys
Alternative names
Antonio Frederic Augustus Sands, Frederick Sandys
Description British painter, illustrator and drawer
Date of birth/death 1 May 1829 Edit this at Wikidata 25 June 1904 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Norwich, England London
Work period Victorian era
Work location
England Edit this at Wikidata
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artist QS:P170,Q1470796
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Joseph Swain  (1820–1909)  wikidata:Q16856885 s:en:Author:Joseph Swain (1820-1909)
 
Joseph Swain
Alternative names
J. Swain
Description British engraver
Date of birth/death 29 February 1820 Edit this at Wikidata 25 February 1909 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Oxford Ealing
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q16856885
Title
The King of the Gate
Description
English: This illustration accompanied a poem of the same title in which Zeus suddenly appears before the king and court of an unidentified country. The following lines describe the scene depicted: "'Tis Zeus," they cried, "the round world’s sire." That moment, through the jostling crowd Of kneeling suitors, a god-like man Strode… (see references)
Date between 1861 and 1862
date QS:P571,+1861-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1861-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1862-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium engraving on wood
Dimensions 8 × 6.8 in (20.3 × 17.4 cm)
institution QS:P195,Q1183941
Accession number
DAM 1935-147
Credit line Samuel and Mary R. Bancroft Memorial, 1935
Notes Illustration Citation: "The King at the Gate," by Walter Thornbury, in Once a Week, vol. VI, March 15, 1862, p. 322.
References Delaware Art Museum
Source/Photographer http://www.preraph.org/images/artwork/large/1935-147.jpg
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