The Silent Councillor, from "The Portfolio"

After Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema British, born The Netherlands
Engraver Leopold Löwenstam Dutch
Publisher Seeley & Co. British

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A Roman youth lies on a marble bench and speaks to a sculpture of a sphinx, the sea represented in the distance. The print was published in “The Portfolio, An Artistic Periodical...,” edited by Philip Gilbert Hamerton, that often included articles about artists and actively promoted printmaking.

The Silent Councillor, from "The Portfolio", After Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema (British (born The Netherlands), Dronrijp 1836–1912 Wiesbaden), Etching

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