Relief print on paper
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<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/frederick-sandys-473" aria-label="More by Frederick Sandys" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">Frederick Sandys</a>
Melancholia
Presented by J.R. Holliday 1927
actions: postures and motions
adults
agriculture, gardening & fishing
body
clothing and personal items
contemplation
emotions and human qualities
emotions, concepts and ideas
hat, cap
landscape
man
objects
people
plant
plant pot
plants and flowers
sadness
sitting
skeleton
wooded
paper unique relief print
12 July 2003 – 15 August 2004
2004-08-15
12 July 2003 – 28 September 2003
2003-09-28
2003-07-12
Art Gallery of Western Australia (Perth, Australia)
25 October 2003 – 15 February 2004
2004-02-15
2003-10-25
Dunedin Public Art Gallery (Dunedin, New Zealand)
http://www.dunedin.art.museum
14 May 2004 – 15 August 2004
2004-08-15
2004-05-14
Frist Center for the Visual Arts (Nashville, USA)
2003-07-12
The Pre-Raphaelite Dream: Paintings and Drawings from the Tate Collection
Tate partnerships & programmes
Melancholia
support: 105 × 140 mm
Presented by J.R. Holliday 1927
<p><span>Monochrome relief print on off-white, wove, Western paper.  The print is in moderate condition with some surface dirt and planar distortions.  It has been cut out of a book or illustrated magazine and the type on the verso can be seen in the unprinted areas of the print.</span> <span>At this date, most monochrome prints that were integrated with the typeface in books and illustrated magazines were produced through wood engravings or line blocks.  Both of these processes involve relief printing techniques. This appears to be a line-block rather than a wood engraving, because although the use of cross-hatching is employed, some of the black lines appear to be too loose to be a wood engraving.</span>
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<br/><span>Katharine Lockett</span>
<br/><span>April 2003</span>
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Technique and condition
2003-11-05T00:00:00
technique-and-condition
TECHNIQUE_AND_CONDITION_TEXT
actions: postures and motions adults agriculture, gardening & fishing body clothing and personal items contemplation emotions and human qualities emotions, concepts and ideas hat, cap landscape man objects people plant plant pot plants and flowers sadness sitting skeleton wooded