[Illustration to the ballad 'Auld Robin Gray'] [graphic]

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 7 of: Bunbury album.
1 print : stipple engraving and etching in sepia ink on laid paper ; circular image 30.0 cm, on sheet 41.1 x 36.3 cm.
Provenance: Purchased by W.S. Lewis from Grant; May 1940.
Extent: 1 print : image diameter 30.0 cm, on sheet 41.3 x 36.5 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Edition: [State 3].
Language: English

Collection Information

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Folio 75 B87 770 (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]