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Winter Song

Maker

(artist)
1811-1890

(engraver)
1811-1890

Title

Winter Song

Date of Production

1843

Medium

Ink on paper

Dimensions

Height: 16.8 cm
Width: 28.2 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.5852.12

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

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Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Exhibition History

Print Room Display - Winter, The Courtauld Gallery (Prints and Drawings Study Room), 29/11/2011-21/06/2012

Inscriptions

Inscription: inscription : printed : upper margin centre inside plate mark & recto : : WINTER SONG. / LOVE'S LABOUR LOST ACT 5. SCENE 2.//

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin centre inside plate mark & recto : : R. Ansdell. //

Inscription: inscription : printed : middle margin centre inside plate mark & recto : : C.W. COPE. //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin left inside plate mark & recto : : WHEN ICICLES HANG BY THE WALL, / AND DICK THE SHEPHERD BLOWS HIS NAIL, / AN TOM BEARS LOGS INTO THE HALL, / AND MILK COMES FROZEN HOME IN PAIL, / WHEN BLOOK IS NIPPED AND WAYS BE FOUL, / THEN NIGHTLY SINGS THE STARING OWL, / TO WHO [COLON] / TU-WHIT, TO-WHO, A MERRY NOTE, / WHILE GREASY JOAN DOTH KEEL THE POT. //

Inscription: inscription : printed : middle margin right inside plate mark & recto : : WHEN ALL ALOUD THE WINDS DO BLOW, / AND COUGHING DROWNS THE PARSON'S SAW, / AND BIRDS SIT BROODING IN THE SNOW, / AN MARION'S NOSE LOOKS RED AND RAW, / WHEN ROASTED CRABS HISS IN THE BOWL, THEN NIGHTLY WINGS THE STARING OWL, / TO WHO [colon] / TU-WHIT, TU-WHO, A MERRY NOTE, WHILE GREASY JOAN DOTH KEEL THE POT. //

Inscription: inscription : stamped : upper margin right & recto : : WITT / LIBRARY //

Inscription: inscription : stamped : upper margin right & recto : : HAMPSTEAD PUBLIC LIBRARIES / LOCAL COLLECTION. H.J Cornish Collection / 1928. //

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