Sir Walter Raleigh Parting with His Wife

An engraving of a man in a feathered hat and cloak embracing a woman in a pale gown in a stone vaulted chamber. A young attendant stands in a doorway at left, and books, a globe and a chest sit at right. Fine engraved hatching gives the scene a soft, dim tonality.

Artist

Charles Burt

Date

1846

Medium

engraving on paper

Source

Smithsonian (Smithsonian American Art Museum)

Size

2267 × 3000 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Smithsonian American Art Museum