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A prisoner in his cell is startled by the entrance of a woman in a long dress brandishing a key - illustration to Byron's 'The Corsair'
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1750-1824
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Width: 44.3 cm
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Pirates
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p. 17
Inscriptions
Inscription: Recto: left lower edge, brown ink, signed by the artist, the “o” superscript: “Jno D”. Support (original), Recto: lower left, grey ink, signed by the artist: “Jno Downman Lim.t & Inv.t”; lower centre, grey ink: “The Corsair by Lord Byron”; on a paper strip, painted black and glued to the lower centre margin, the text printed in gold type: “THE CORSAIR / BY LORD BYRON / CANTO 2ND S. 13. / “How heavily he sighs!—he starts—awakes!” / He raised his head—and dazzled with the light, / His eyes seemed dubious if he saw aright; / He moved his hand—the grating of his chain / Too harshly told him that he lived again. / "What is that form? if not a shape of air, / "Methinks, my jailor's face shows wondrous fair!" / "Pirate! thou know'st me not—but I am one, / "Grateful for deeds thou hast too rarely done; / "Look on me—and remember her, thy hand / "Snatched from the flames, and thy more fearful band. / "I come through darkness—and scarce know why— / "Yet not to hurt—I would not see the[sic] die." / Jno. Downman, fecit” and beside that, written in grey ink (obviously the same text now covered over with the paper and therefore cut off, the lower lines also trimmed away and lost): “now’st me not – but I am one, / [...]eeds thou hast too rarely done ; / and remember her, thy hand / the flames and thy more fearful band”; lower right corner, graphite: “22x”.
Collector's mark: Support (original), Recto: lower left, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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