The songstress [graphic]

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Title: The songstress [graphic]
Creator: Smith, John Raphael, 1752-1812, printmaker
Contributor: Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811, artist.
Smith, John Raphael, 1752-1812, publisher.
Published / Created: [20 July 1782]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Publish'd July 20, 1782, by J.R. Smith, No. 83 opposite the Pantheon, Oxford Street
Abstract: "A young woman sitting to left, singing from the book of music she holds in her hand, turned slightly away from the viewer and dressed in volumptuous skirts and a turban; oval design after Bunbury."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
Description: Title etched below image.
Probably engraved by John Raphael Smith; see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1877,0512.533.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Illustration to Sir William Jones's poem 'The palace of fortune, an Indian tale'.
Two lines of verse below title: Through the calm air, the melting numbers float, and wanton echo lengthens every note.
Temporary local subject terms: Music.
Mounted on page 26 in volume 1 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Provenance: Sold at Strawberry Hill Sale, day viii, lot 50, to H.G. Bohn, £7.7.0 [London, 733]; from an undergraduate at King's College, through Scribner's, May 1952, to W.S. Lewis, $225.
Extent: 1 print : circular image 19 cm, on sheet 25.4 x 24 cm
Language: English

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Folio 49 3563 v.1 (Oversize)
Collection Title: Volume 1, page 26. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Collection / Other Creator: Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797, collector.
Collection Date: [Strawberry Hill], [between 1765 and 1792]

Genre: Illustrations
Stipple engravings England London 1782
Etchings England London 1782
Material: stipple engraving and etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Jones, William, 1746-1794.
Subject (Topic): Singing
Subjects: Jones, William, 1746-1794 > Illustrations
Singing
England > London > 1782
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership

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