Fairies' Song
Maker
(artist)
1810-1890
(engraver)
1810-1890
1810-1890
(engraver)
1810-1890
Title
Fairies' Song
Date of Production
1843
Medium
Ink on paper
Dimensions
Height: 29.1 cm
Width: 21.5 cm
Width: 21.5 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.5852.2
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 : : Fairies' Song. / MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM ACT 2 SCENE 3.//
Inscription: inscription : printed : middle margin left inside plate mark & recto : : 1. / I FAI. __ YOU SPOTTED SNAKES WITH DOUBLE TONGUE. / THORNY HEDGEHOGS, BE NOT SEEN [colon] / NEWTS AND BLINDWORMS DO NO WRONG ; / COME NOT NEAR OUR FAIRY QUEEN [colon] / CHORUS. / PHILOMEL, WITH MELODY / SING IN OUR SWEET LULLABY [COLON] LULLA, LULLA, LULLABY ; NEVER HARM NOR SPELL NOR CHARM. / COME OUR LOVELY LADY NIGHT; SO, GOOD NIGHT WITH LULLABY. //
Inscription: inscription : printed : middle margin right inside plate mark & recto : : II. / II FaI. __ WEAVING SPIDERS, COME NOT HERE [colon] / HENCE YOU LONG-LEGG'D SPINNERS, HENCE [colon] / BEETLES BLACK, APPORACH NOT NEAR [colon] / WORM, NOR SNAIL, DO NO OFFENCE. / CHORUS. / PHILOMEL, WITH MELODY / SING IN OUR SWEET LULLABY [colon] / LULLA, LULLA, LULLABY [colon] LULLA, LULLA, LULLABY [colon] / NEVER HARM, NOR SPELL NOR CHARM, / COME OUR LOVELY LADY NIGHT [COLON] / SO GOOD, NIGHT, WITH LULLABY. / II FAI. __ HENCE AWAY [colon] NOW ALL IS WELL [colon] / ONE, ALOOF STAND SENTINEL. //
Inscription: inscription : tprinted : lower margin centre inside plate mark & recto : : H.J. Townsend. //
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. //
Inscription: inscription : printed : middle margin left inside plate mark & recto : : 1. / I FAI. __ YOU SPOTTED SNAKES WITH DOUBLE TONGUE. / THORNY HEDGEHOGS, BE NOT SEEN [colon] / NEWTS AND BLINDWORMS DO NO WRONG ; / COME NOT NEAR OUR FAIRY QUEEN [colon] / CHORUS. / PHILOMEL, WITH MELODY / SING IN OUR SWEET LULLABY [COLON] LULLA, LULLA, LULLABY ; NEVER HARM NOR SPELL NOR CHARM. / COME OUR LOVELY LADY NIGHT; SO, GOOD NIGHT WITH LULLABY. //
Inscription: inscription : printed : middle margin right inside plate mark & recto : : II. / II FaI. __ WEAVING SPIDERS, COME NOT HERE [colon] / HENCE YOU LONG-LEGG'D SPINNERS, HENCE [colon] / BEETLES BLACK, APPORACH NOT NEAR [colon] / WORM, NOR SNAIL, DO NO OFFENCE. / CHORUS. / PHILOMEL, WITH MELODY / SING IN OUR SWEET LULLABY [colon] / LULLA, LULLA, LULLABY [colon] LULLA, LULLA, LULLABY [colon] / NEVER HARM, NOR SPELL NOR CHARM, / COME OUR LOVELY LADY NIGHT [COLON] / SO GOOD, NIGHT, WITH LULLABY. / II FAI. __ HENCE AWAY [colon] NOW ALL IS WELL [colon] / ONE, ALOOF STAND SENTINEL. //
Inscription: inscription : tprinted : lower margin centre inside plate mark & recto : : H.J. Townsend. //
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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