The robber saint / S [monogram] ; Swain sc.

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Frederic Shields
1833-1911
The robber saint / S [monogram] ; Swain sc.
[London : sn, 1861?]
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.997
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[London : s.n., 1861?]
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From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
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Inscribed in pencil at lower left: Shields. The robber saint.

Notes: 

Proof of a wood engraving by Swain after an illustration by Frederick J. Shields for a poem of the same title published in Once a week, v, 1861, p. 378.

Summary: 

Illustration shows St. Just bidding farewell to St. Keverne while secretly pocketing the latter's silver cup.

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