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Illustration to The Minstrel, Book II, Stanza XVIII

Maker

After
(artist)
1765-1836

(engraver)
1776-1822

(publisher)
1803-1829

Title

Illustration to The Minstrel, Book II, Stanza XVIII

Date of Production

published 1816

Medium

line and stipple
etching and engraving
printed in black

Dimensions

Height: 16.4 cm
Width: 9.8 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.7983

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

Provenance: H. J. Cornish Collection; acquired by Hampstead Public Library (by 1928); transferred to the Courtauld Institute of Art, Witt Library in 1966; transferred to the Courtauld Gallery from the Witt Library in 1990.

Inscriptions

Inscription: And thither let the village swain repair; / And, light of heart, the village maiden gay, / To deck with flowers her half-dishevell'd hair, _ / Book II; Stanza XVIII. //

Inscription: THE MINSTREL. //

Inscription: DRAWN BY RICHARD WESTALL R.A. ENGRAVED BY JAMES MITAN; / PUBLISHED BY JOHN SHARPE, PICCADILLY; / JUNE 1,1816. //

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