Samuel Wesley
Maker
(artist)
1700-1799
1700-1799
Title
Samuel Wesley
Medium
etching, black ink on paper
Dimensions
Height: 12.5 cm
Width: 8.7 cm
Width: 8.7 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.3909
Mode of Acquisition
Witt Library, transfer, 1990
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
Information not yet known or updated
Inscriptions
Inscription: Plate, Recto: lower centre margin, black ink: In's own defense the Author writes / Because while this foul Maggot bites / He nere Can rest in quiet / Which makes him make soe sad a face / Heed beg your sorhip or your Grace / Unisght unseen to buy it.
Sheet, Recto: upper centre margin, pencil: Samuel Wesley. Poet; lower centre margin, pencil: Samuel Wesley, poet.
Stamp: Sheet, Recto: upper right margin, black ink stamp: WITT / LIBRARY; lower right corner, blue ink stamp: M
Stamp: Sheet, Recto: upper right margin, black ink stamp: WITT / LIBRARY; lower right corner, blue ink stamp: M
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