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Under the Greenwood Tree

Maker

(artist)
1811-1869

(engraver)
1811-1869

Title

Under the Greenwood Tree

Date of Production

1843

Medium

Ink on paper

Dimensions

Height: 28.9 cm
Width: 20.2 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.5852.14

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 : : "UNDER THE GREENWOOD TREE" / AS YOU LIKE IT ACT 2. SCENE 5.//

Inscription: inscription : printed : middle margin centre inside plate mark & recto : : Thos. Cheswick, A.R.A. / UNDER THE GREENWOOD TREE. / WHO LOVES TO LIE WITH ME. / AND TUNE HIS MERRY NOTE / UNTO THE SWEET BIRDS THROAT, / COME HITHER, COME HITHER, COME HITHER; // HERE SHALL HE SEE / NO ENEMY, / BUT WINTER AND ROUGH WEATHER/ WHO DOTH AMBITON SHUN, / WHO LOVES TO LIVE I'THE SUN, / SEEKING THE FOOD HE EATS, / AND PLEAS'D WITH WHAT HE GETS, / COME HITHER, COME HITHER, COME HITHER; / HERE SHAL HE SEE NO ENEMY, / BUT WINTER AND ROUGH WEATHER. //

Inscription: inscription : printed : middle margin left inside plate mark & recto : :

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin right inside plate mark & recto : :

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin centre inside plate mark & recto : :

Inscription: inscription : stamped : upper margin right & recto : :

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

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