‘Konjica, and Bridge over the Narenta’

Engraving by ‘W. J. M.’ (made after a drawing by Arthur Evans) of a view of Konjic, Bosnia and Herzegovina, being a cutting from the British illustrated newspaper The Graphic, 9 October 1875, p.348, captioned at bottom of the page ‘Konjica, and Bridge over the Narenta, Herzegovina’.

Artist: ‘W. J. M.’ (initials of engraver), after an original drawing by Arthur John Evans
Date of publication: 9 October 1875
Continent: Europe
Geographical area: Southern Europe
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina
Region/Place: Konjic
Cultural group: European Bosnian
Format: Woodcut engraving
Size: 96 x 137 mm
Acquisition: Joan Evans. Donated August 1941

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Primary documentation: ‘[p.588] Dr. JOAN EVANS, from the property of the late SIR ARTHUR EVANS, Youlbury, Boars Hill, Oxford. [List of items follows]’; ‘[p.590] 5 illustrations cut from a periodical - Scenery etc. BALKANS’: Pitt Rivers Museum accession records (Donations X, 1937–1941), pp.588, 590.

Research notes: It has been identified by Philip Grover that this woodcut engraving by ‘W. J. M.’ (initials of unidentified engraver) was published in the British illustrated newspaper The Graphic, 9 October 1875, p.348, printed with the caption ‘Konjica, and Bridge over the Narenta, Herzegovina’.