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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
stipple engraving
image: 307 x 307 mm; plate mark: 412 x 367 mm; sheet: 468 x 392 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.272
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.
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.
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
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.
Associated names
Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811, designer.
Dickinson, William, 1746 or 1747-1823, publisher.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Dickinson, William, 1746 or 1747-1823, publisher.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Artist
Classification
Department
Century prints
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