Balthazars' Song
Maker
(artist)
1811-1890
(engraver)
1811-1890
1811-1890
(engraver)
1811-1890
Title
Balthazars' Song
Date of Production
1843
Medium
Ink on paper
Dimensions
Height: 29.4 cm
Width: 20.5 cm
Width: 20.5 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.5852.13
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 : : BALTHAZARS' SONG.//
Inscription: inscription : printed : middle margin centre inside plate mark & recto : : C.W. COPE. RA. / . MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING ACT 2. SCENE 3. //
Inscription: inscription : printed : middle margin left inside plate mark & recto : : SIGH NO MORE, LADIES, SIGH NO MORE [colon] MEN WERE DECEIVERS EVER [colon] ONE FOOT IN SEA AND ONE ON SHORE [colon] / TO ONE THING CONSTANT NEVER [colon] / THEN SIGH NOT SO, / BUT LET THEM GO, / AN BE YOU BLITHE AND BONNY [colon] CONVERTING ALL YOUR SOUNDS OF WOE / INTO HEY NONNY, NONNY. //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin right inside plate mark & recto : : SING NO MORE DITTIES, SING NO MO / OF DUMPS SO DULL AND HEAVEY [colon] / THE FRAUD OF MEN WAS EVER SO, / SINCE SUMMER FIRST WAS LEAVY. / THEN SIGH NOT SO, / BUT LET THEM GO, / AND BE YOU BLITH AND BONNY [colon] / CONVERTING ALL YOU SOUNDS OF WOE INTO HEY NONNY, NONNY. //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin centre inside plate mark & recto : : C.W. COPE. RA.
Inscription: inscription : stamped : upper margin right & recto : : WITT / LIBRARY //
Inscription: inscription : stamped : lower margin right & recto : : HAMPSTEAD PUBLIC LIBRARIES / LOCAL COLLECTION. H.J Cornish Collection / 1928. //
Inscription: inscription : printed : middle margin centre inside plate mark & recto : : C.W. COPE. RA. / . MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING ACT 2. SCENE 3. //
Inscription: inscription : printed : middle margin left inside plate mark & recto : : SIGH NO MORE, LADIES, SIGH NO MORE [colon] MEN WERE DECEIVERS EVER [colon] ONE FOOT IN SEA AND ONE ON SHORE [colon] / TO ONE THING CONSTANT NEVER [colon] / THEN SIGH NOT SO, / BUT LET THEM GO, / AN BE YOU BLITHE AND BONNY [colon] CONVERTING ALL YOUR SOUNDS OF WOE / INTO HEY NONNY, NONNY. //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin right inside plate mark & recto : : SING NO MORE DITTIES, SING NO MO / OF DUMPS SO DULL AND HEAVEY [colon] / THE FRAUD OF MEN WAS EVER SO, / SINCE SUMMER FIRST WAS LEAVY. / THEN SIGH NOT SO, / BUT LET THEM GO, / AND BE YOU BLITH AND BONNY [colon] / CONVERTING ALL YOU SOUNDS OF WOE INTO HEY NONNY, NONNY. //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin centre inside plate mark & recto : : C.W. COPE. RA.
Inscription: inscription : stamped : upper margin right & recto : : WITT / LIBRARY //
Inscription: inscription : stamped : lower margin right & recto : : HAMPSTEAD PUBLIC LIBRARIES / LOCAL COLLECTION. H.J Cornish Collection / 1928. //
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