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The songstress
Title
The songstress [graphic] / drawn by H.W. Bunbury Esqr.
Publication
London : Publish'd July 20, 1782, by J.R. Smith, No. 83 opposite the Pantheon, Oxford Street, [20 July 1782]
Physical Description
1 print : stipple engraving and etching ; circular image 19 cm, on sheet 25.4 x 24 cm
Medium
laid paper.
Local Notes
Temporary local subject terms: Music.
Notes
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.
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.
Summary
"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.
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 22, 2020
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Illustrations.
Stipple engravings - England - London - 1782.
Etchings - England - London - 1782.
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