To the memory of William Fifth Duke of Devonshire

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Title: To the memory of William Fifth Duke of Devonshire
Published / Created: [1813]
Publication Place: England
Publisher: publisher not identified
Description: Caption title.
Author's initials and date printed at end.
In verse.
First lines: Go! noble heir of an illustrious race - Go! midst thy patriot fathers take they place ...
Possibly an inscription for a monument.
Formerly laid in at page 181 in an album containing 402 pages, bound in red morocco leather with single gilt ruled line; spine stamped in gold "Drawings." Now disassembled and matted separately: Bull, R. Scrapbook of drawings. [England], [not after 1806].
Watermark: 1811.
Housed in mylar sleeve matted to 49 x 37 cm.
Original case shelved separately.
Provenance: Merian drawings purchased by Richard Bull from the collection of Doctor Fothergill (1712-1780). Album purchased by W.S. Lewis at the Julia Swinburne and Lady Jane Ashburnham sale, Sotheby's, lot 426, 20 July 1954.
Extent: 1 sheet (2 pages) ; 24 cm
Language: English

Access: Public
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