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Where the Bee Sucks

Maker

(artist)
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

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. //

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