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Fairies' Song

Maker

(artist)
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

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

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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. //

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