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William Cartwright

Maker

(artist)
1600-1699

(publisher)
1778-1812

Title

William Cartwright

Date of Production

executed :

Medium

Ink on paper

Dimensions

Height: 17.2 cm
Width: 12.3 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.5862.65

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 : lower image right & recto : : inscription on book not trascribed //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower image centre & recto : : Thus thy left hand the Mighty Stagyrite / Supports, that thou mightst shield him wth thy right [ampersand] / Whose early Soul aymd high yet allwaies hit; The sharpest, cleanest, full, square, leading Wit; / The best Tymes Best; could'st forth est soonest pierce, Of all that walk in Prose or dance in Verse; / Tis CARTWRIGHT in his shadow's Shadow drest; / He never is transcrib'd that one Writes best. //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin centre & recto : : Pub. by W. Richardson 31 York House Strand Nov.1.1797. //

Inscription: inscription : typed : lower margin left & recto : : Richardson's Ports. illus. Granger's Hist. of Eng. //

Inscription: inscription : manuscript in pencil : upper margin right & recto : : 257 //

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