Winter Song
Maker
(artist)
1811-1890
(engraver)
1811-1890
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
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
Keywords
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. //
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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