My faither urged me sair, my mither did nae speak : but she look'd in my face, till my heart was like to break / H. Bunbury Esqr. delint. ; engraved by F. Bartolozzi.

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Francesco Bartolozzi
1727-1815
My faither urged me sair, my mither did nae speak : but she look'd in my face, till my heart was like to break / H. Bunbury Esqr. delint. ; engraved by F. Bartolozzi.
London : Publish'd Feby 10th; 1783, by W Dickinson, Engraver & Printseller No 158, New Bond Street, [1783
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.272
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London : Publish'd Feby. 10th.; 1783, by W. Dickinson, Engraver & Printseller No. 158, New Bond Street, [1783
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From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Notes: 

Illustration to the ballad "Auld Robin Gray".
Dedication below caption title: 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.

Summary: 

Circular design of 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.

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Bartolozzi, Francesco
Century: 
18th century
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Print
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Drawings and Prints