He Was Imprisoned
Artist
William Strang
(Dumbarton, Scotland, 1859 - 1921)
Date1888
Mediumetching on paper
ClassificationsPrints
DimensionsPlate Size: Height: 20.5 cm, Width: 17.7 cm
AcquisitionBequeathed in 1951 by Mrs Florence Crombie.
CopyrightOut of copyright - CC0
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG007086
About MeThis print is the eighth of twelve illustrations from the ballad "Death of the Ploughman's Wife".More About Me
One of twelve illustrations made by Strang depicting "Death of the Ploughman's Wife", this is an example of memento mori: a common theme in Victorian Era art intended to remind the viewer of their own mortality.
Alphonse Legros
Walter Richard Sickert
James Cromar Watt
Qing Dynasty, Qianlong Period, 1736 - 1795
Charles Haslewood Shannon
1950 - 1960
1920s
1960s
late 19th century - early 20th century
1938
1900 - 1910
c.1930-1935
1920-1929
1930 - 1940
1950s-1960s
1950s-1960s
1960s
1950s
