Lady Godiva

Edward H. Corbould (1815-1905), painter

James John Chant (c. 1820-after 1876), engraver

1860

Mixed mezzotint

28 1/8 x 21 inches

Victoria & Albert Museum E303—1970

Beck’s Victorian Engravings explains that the mezzotint, which appeared in an edition of 110, is “after the water-colour by Edward Henry Courbold, R.I. (1815-1905) in the collection of thr Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney” (56).

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Details

  • Horse and urban scene top left
  • Lady Godiva’s torso and fabric
  • Lower right corner
  • Flowers in center of picture

    • Related material

  • The text of Tennyson’s “Godiva”
  • W. Holman Hunt's version (1850)
  • Thomas Woolner’s Godiva (1878)
  • John Collier’s Lady Godiva (1898)