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The song
Title
The song [graphic] / H. Bunbury Esqr. delint. ; engraved by F. Bartolozzi.
Publication
London : Publish'd July 10th, 1782, by W. Dickinson, engraver & printseller, No. 158 New Bond Street, [10 July 1782]
Physical Description
1 print : stipple engraving and etching, à la poupée ; image diameter 30.2 cm, on sheet 41.3 x 36.7 cm
Medium
laid paper
Notes
Title from text below image.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Four lines of verse etched below title: No Clarions here the strains of battle sing, with notes of love our charming vallies ring; Peace to the brave! o'er us shall beauty reign, and ever-charming pleasures form our train. Vide Seven Fountains.
Dedication etched below verses: To Her Grace the Dutchess of Devonshire, 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.
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
"Young woman holding music score and singing with her young brother on left, two other women playing lute and singing on right, dog asleep in the foreground, landscape seen through arch in the background, within roundel; after Henry Bunbury."--British Museum online catalogue.
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 24, 2020
References
Baudi di Vesme, A. Francesco Bartolozzi, no. 1388
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Genre prints.
Stipple engravings - England - London - 1782.
Etchings - England - London - 1782.
A la poupée prints - England - London - 1782.
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