Where the Bee Sucks
Maker
(artist)
1810-1890
(engraver)
1810-1890
1810-1890
(engraver)
1810-1890
Title
Where the Bee Sucks
Date of Production
1843
Medium
Ink on paper
Dimensions
Height: 29.1 cm
Width: 21.5 cm
Width: 21.5 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.5852.1
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: inscription : printed : upper margin centre inside plate mark & recto : : "WHERE THE BEE SUCKS". / Tempest Act 5. Scene 1. //
Inscription: inscription : printed : middle margin centre inside plate mark & recto : : H.H. Townsend. / WHERE THE BEE SUCKS, THERE SUCK I; / IN A COWSLIP'S BELL I LIE [colon] / THERE I COUCH WHEN OWLS DO CRY. / ON A BAT'S BACK I DO FLY. / AFTER SUMMER, MERRILY [colon] / MERRILY, MERRILY SHALL I LIVE NOW, / UNDER THE BLOSSOM THAT HANDS ON THE BOUGH. //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin centre inside plate mark & recto : : JOHN BELL. //
Inscription: inscription : typed : lower margin centre outside plate mark & recto : :
Inscription: inscription : stamped : upper margin right & recto : :
Inscription: inscription : stamped : lower margin right & verso : : EX CORNISH COLLECTION / PRES. TO HAMSTEAD PUBLIC LIBRARY 1928. / WITT LIBRARY 1976 / HAMPSTEAD PUBLIC LIBRARIES / LOCAL COLLECTION. H.J [???] / 1928. //
Inscription: inscription : printed : middle margin centre inside plate mark & recto : : H.H. Townsend. / WHERE THE BEE SUCKS, THERE SUCK I; / IN A COWSLIP'S BELL I LIE [colon] / THERE I COUCH WHEN OWLS DO CRY. / ON A BAT'S BACK I DO FLY. / AFTER SUMMER, MERRILY [colon] / MERRILY, MERRILY SHALL I LIVE NOW, / UNDER THE BLOSSOM THAT HANDS ON THE BOUGH. //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin centre inside plate mark & recto : : JOHN BELL. //
Inscription: inscription : typed : lower margin centre outside plate mark & recto : :
Inscription: inscription : stamped : upper margin right & recto : :
Inscription: inscription : stamped : lower margin right & verso : : EX CORNISH COLLECTION / PRES. TO HAMSTEAD PUBLIC LIBRARY 1928. / WITT LIBRARY 1976 / HAMPSTEAD PUBLIC LIBRARIES / LOCAL COLLECTION. H.J [???] / 1928. //
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