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Lucy

Maker

J. Colby (artist)

(engraver)
1803-1871

(publisher)

Title

Lucy

Date of Production

19th century

Dimensions

Height: 28.1 cm
Width: 22.3 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.3941

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




Lucy















Notes

Originally produced for the publication 'The Loves of the Poets; or, portraits of ideal beauty. Twelve engravings, by the most eminent artists, engraved by W. H. Mote.' (London, 1858). Illustration to one of William Wordsworth's 'Lucy' poems.

Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Inscriptions

Inscription: Recto: lower left margin, printed: "J. COLBY."; lower right margin, printed: "W.H. MOTE"; lower centre margin, printed: "Lucy / London, Published by W. Kent & Co. late David Bogue, Fleet Street & Paternoster Row."; lower right margin, pen (later Witt inscription): "J. COLBY"; lower right margin, pencil (later Witt inscription): "J. COLBY"; upper right margin, stamped: "WITT / LIBRARY"; lower centre margin, stamped: "HAMPSTEAD PUBLIC LIBRARIES / LOCAL COLLECTION. / H.J. CORNISH COLLECTION. / 1928."

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