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The Forester's Song

Maker

(artist)
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

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

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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. //

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