Hieroglyphic Letter from the Devil to Sir Laurence Dundas
Maker
(artist)
1742-1826
(publisher)
(printer)
1742-1826
(publisher)
(printer)
Title
Hieroglyphic Letter from the Devil to Sir Laurence Dundas
Date of Production
1877
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Height: 21.2 cm
Width: 17.7 cm
Width: 17.7 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.4603.200
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
Stamp: Recto: upper right margin, stamped: WITT / LIBRARY
Inscription: Recto: lower left, printed: K
Inscription: Recto: within image, printed: Sir L__e Dund / W consider w have ready done for my hoof, and t / it may never again hap in r way ist my emifsarys as / erly not forb enting r late mis tune, re itulate / r ser s would endlefs __In the y y6 grasped t oppor / tunity get by the of thou s of ilys __In Ger y w / Commis ry the y sent thou s the for w of / since com cing Baro have n no lefs afsiduous in ing / my dom by Ncouraging ner of wickednefs, by gaming false / swea serve r & my ends, for which ser s may asure / rself of ing made a of my dom and my priv coun- / sellor for ever / am rs & c. / The
Inscription: Recto: lower right, printed: 357
Inscription: Recto: lower left, printed: K
Inscription: Recto: within image, printed: Sir L__e Dund / W consider w have ready done for my hoof, and t / it may never again hap in r way ist my emifsarys as / erly not forb enting r late mis tune, re itulate / r ser s would endlefs __In the y y6 grasped t oppor / tunity get by the of thou s of ilys __In Ger y w / Commis ry the y sent thou s the for w of / since com cing Baro have n no lefs afsiduous in ing / my dom by Ncouraging ner of wickednefs, by gaming false / swea serve r & my ends, for which ser s may asure / rself of ing made a of my dom and my priv coun- / sellor for ever / am rs & c. / The
Inscription: Recto: lower right, printed: 357
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