Edward Dalziel
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Edward Dalziel
1817-1905
Where Should this Music be?
1854
Watercolor over graphite, on paper.
7 x 4 15/16 inches (179 x 126 mm); mounted on sheet: 14 x 10 1/16 inches (355 x 255 mm)
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.2104:9
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Title and attribution from accompanying cover sheet.
Drawing illustrates a passage from Act 1, Scene 2 of Shakespeare's "The tempest".
Forms part of the portfolio of 11 drawings entitled, "Shreds from Shakespeare Illustrated by Members of the Crayon Club", dated 1854 (see 1986.2104).
Provenance:
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary:
Drawing shows Ferdinand standing with Ariel and a host of spirits hovering in the air above him.
Associated names:
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Bibliography:
Ray, Gordon N. The illustrator and the book in England from 179-1914. New York : Oxford University Press, 1976, p. 92.
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