Laura
Maker
After
(artist)
1802-1848
(printmaker)
1775-1841
(author)
1785-1848
(artist)
1802-1848
(printmaker)
1775-1841
(author)
1785-1848
Title
Laura
Date of Production
1836
Medium
etching and engraving with stipple
printed in black
printed in black
Dimensions
Height: 15.3 cm
Width: 9.4 cm
Width: 9.4 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.6130
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: Drawn by J.W. Wright. //
Inscription: Heath's Gall. 1836. //
Inscription: Engraved by E. Scriven. //
Inscription: Laura. //
Stamp: WITT / LIBRARY //
Label: LAURA. / PAINTED BY J.M. WRIGHT, ESQ. / And are you really, truly, now a Turk? / With any other women did you wive? / Is't true they use their fingers for a fork? / Well, that's the prettiest shawl - as I'm alive! / You'll give it to me? They say you eat no pork. / And how so many years did you contrive / To - Bless me! did I ever? No I never / Saw a man grow so yellow! How's your liver? / Byron's Beppo - XCII.
Inscription: Heath's Gall. 1836. //
Inscription: Engraved by E. Scriven. //
Inscription: Laura. //
Stamp: WITT / LIBRARY //
Label: LAURA. / PAINTED BY J.M. WRIGHT, ESQ. / And are you really, truly, now a Turk? / With any other women did you wive? / Is't true they use their fingers for a fork? / Well, that's the prettiest shawl - as I'm alive! / You'll give it to me? They say you eat no pork. / And how so many years did you contrive / To - Bless me! did I ever? No I never / Saw a man grow so yellow! How's your liver? / Byron's Beppo - XCII.
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