The Forester's Song
Maker
(artist)
1802-1889
(engraver)
1802-1889
1802-1889
(engraver)
1802-1889
Title
The Forester's Song
Date of Production
1843
Medium
Ink on paper
Dimensions
Height: 29 cm
Width: 20.2 cm
Width: 20.2 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.5852.5
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 : : THE FORESTER'S SONG. / AS YOU LIKE IT aCT 4 SCENE 2. //
Inscription: inscription : printed : middle margin centre inside plate mark & recto : : FRED K. TAYLER. / WHAT SHALL HE HAVE, THAT KILLED THE DEER? / HIS LEATHER SKIN AND HORNS TO WEAR, / THEN SING HIM HOME [colon] / TAKE THOU NO SCORN, TO WEAR THE HORN [colon] IT WAS A CREST ERE THOU WAST BORN [colon] / THY FATHER'S FATHER WORE IT [COLON] / AND THY FATHER BORE IT [colon] / THE HORN, THE HORN, THE LUSTY HORN, / IS NOT A THINK TO LAUGH TO SCORN. //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin centre inside plate mark & recto : :
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin centre inside plate mark & recto : :
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin centre & recto : :
Inscription: inscription : stamped : lower margin centre & recto : : WITT LIBRARY 1972 / HAMPSTEAD PUBLIC LIBRARIES / LOCAL COLLECTION. H.J Cornish Collection / 1928. //
Inscription: inscription : printed : middle margin centre inside plate mark & recto : : FRED K. TAYLER. / WHAT SHALL HE HAVE, THAT KILLED THE DEER? / HIS LEATHER SKIN AND HORNS TO WEAR, / THEN SING HIM HOME [colon] / TAKE THOU NO SCORN, TO WEAR THE HORN [colon] IT WAS A CREST ERE THOU WAST BORN [colon] / THY FATHER'S FATHER WORE IT [COLON] / AND THY FATHER BORE IT [colon] / THE HORN, THE HORN, THE LUSTY HORN, / IS NOT A THINK TO LAUGH TO SCORN. //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin centre inside plate mark & recto : :
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin centre inside plate mark & recto : :
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin centre & recto : :
Inscription: inscription : stamped : lower margin centre & recto : : WITT LIBRARY 1972 / HAMPSTEAD PUBLIC LIBRARIES / LOCAL COLLECTION. H.J Cornish Collection / 1928. //
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