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The Song of Poor Barbara

Maker

(artist)
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

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. //

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