The Song of Poor Barbara
Maker
(artist)
1804-1888
(engraver)
1804-1888
1804-1888
(engraver)
1804-1888
Title
The Song of Poor Barbara
Date of Production
1843
Medium
Ink on paper
Dimensions
Height: 29 cm
Width: 20.6 cm
Width: 20.6 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.5852.6
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 SONG OF POOR BARBARA. / OTHELLO ACT 4. SCENE 3. //
Inscription: inscription : printed : middle margin centre inside plate mark & recto : : R. REDGRAVE, R.A. / THE POOR SOUL SAT SIGHING BY A SYCAMORE TREE. / SING ALL A GREEN WILLOW [colon] / HER HAND ON HER BOSOM, HER HEAD ON HER KNEE, / SING WILLOW, WILLOW WILLOW [colon] / THE FRESH STREAMS RAN BY HER, AND MURMERED HER MOANS; / SING WILLOW, WILLOW, WILLOW; / SING ALL A GREEN WILLOW MUST BE MY GARLAND. //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin centre inside plate mark & recto : : BARBARA //
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 : : R. REDGRAVE, R.A. / THE POOR SOUL SAT SIGHING BY A SYCAMORE TREE. / SING ALL A GREEN WILLOW [colon] / HER HAND ON HER BOSOM, HER HEAD ON HER KNEE, / SING WILLOW, WILLOW WILLOW [colon] / THE FRESH STREAMS RAN BY HER, AND MURMERED HER MOANS; / SING WILLOW, WILLOW, WILLOW; / SING ALL A GREEN WILLOW MUST BE MY GARLAND. //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin centre inside plate mark & recto : : BARBARA //
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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