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Illustration to Milton's 'L'Allegro'

Maker

(artist)
1825-1899

(etcher)
1825-1899

Title

Illustration to Milton's 'L'Allegro'

Date of Production

1865

Medium

Etching

Dimensions

Height: 18.7 cm
Height: 12.9 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.7695

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: Recto: lower right, in plate, printed: MB Foster

Inscription: Recto: centre, printed: L'ALLEGRO. 6 / While the ploughman, near at hand, / Whistles o'er the furrow'd land, / And the milkmaid singeth blithe, / And the mower whets his scythe, / And every shepherd tells his tale, / Under the hawthorn in the dale.

Inscription: Recto: lower centre mount, typed: After Myles Birket FOSTER.

Stamp: Recto: lower right corner mount, stamped: M

Stamp: Recto: upper right corner mount, stamped: WITT / LIBRARY

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