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Dr. Dee and Edward Kelley Raising the Spirit of Helen

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Walford Graham Robertson
1866-1948

Dr. Dee and Edward Kelley Raising the Spirit of Helen

20th century?
10 3/16 x 8 3/16 inches (260 x 209 mm)
Watercolor over graphite, on paper.
1986.2407

Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.

Notes
Title supplied by cataloger.
With a pencil sketch of a boy in a short medieval tunic on verso.
Tab of paper with caption text extends 6 1/4" (159 mm) from the bottom left of sheet.
Inscriptions/Markings
Caption in pencil below: Of Dr. Dee and Edward Kelley, how they did conjure and raise up the semblence of the most fair Ladye, Dame Helena of Greece that she did stand as quick before the Queen's Majestie; tab of paper extending to the right of the bottom of the sheet has inscription in pencil repeating caption, with some changes to text.
Classification
Century Drawings