[Illustration to the ballad 'Auld Robin Gray'] [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- [Illustration to the ballad 'Auld Robin Gray'] [graphic]
- Alternative Title
- My faither urg'd me sair, my mither did nae speak ...
- Creator
- Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727-1815, printmaker
- Contributor
-
Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811, artist.
Dickinson, William, 1746 or 1747-1823, publisher. - Published / Created
- [10 February 1783]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Publish'd Feby. 10th, 1783, by W. Dickinson, engraver & printseller, No. 158 New Bond Street
- Abstract
-
"A girl sitting on a chair with weary expression outside a cottage, her parents standing either side of her anxiously, a cat in the left foreground, the sea behind at left with a boat."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
-
Title supplied by cataloger.
State from: Baudi di Vesme, A. Francesco Bartolozzi.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Two lines of text below image: My faither urg'd me sair, my mither did nae speak, but she look'd in my face till my heart was like to break. Auld Robin Gray.
Dedication etched above imprint statement: To Her Grace the Dutchess of Hamilton and Brandon, this print after an original drawing by H. Bunbury Esqr. is with the greatest respect dedicated by Her Graces most obedient humble servant, W. Dickinson.
Mounted on page 15 in volume 2 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 : image diameter 30.0 cm, on sheet 41.3 x 36.5 cm
- Edition
- [State 3].
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 49 3563 v.2 (Oversize)
- Collection Title
- Volume 2, page 15. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs. Page 7. Bunbury album.
- Collection / Other Creator
- Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797, collector. Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811.
- Collection Date
- [Strawberry Hill], [between 1765 and 1792] [London], [between 1780 and 1794]
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Illustrations
Genre prints
Stipple engravings England London 1783
Etchings England London 1783
A la poupée prints England London 1783 - Material
- stipple engraving and etching, à la poupée ; and laid paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
- Barnard, Anne Lindsay, Lady, 1750-1825.
- Subject (Topic)
-
Parents
Dwellings
Cats - Subjects
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Barnard, Anne Lindsay, Lady, 1750-1825 > Illustrations
Parents
Dwellings
Cats
England > London > 1783
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 15378024
- Object ID (OID)
- 17355521
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