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Ellen and the Bard.

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  • PUBLISHER: Published 1st. May, 1817, by S. Knight, 3 Sweetings Alley, Cornhill.

  • MEDIUM: Aquatint engraving, with hand color,

    DATE: 1817.

  • EDITION SIZE: Image size 14 1/4 x 12 1/4" (36.1 x 31 cm).

  • DESCRIPTION: "H. Meyer, sculpt." Text on either side of the title line. "For me, whose memory scarce conveys : An image of more splendid days, : This little flower, that loves the lea, : May well my simple emblem be; : It drinks heaven's dew as blithe as rose : That in the King's own garden grows, : And when I place it in my hair, : Allan, a bard is bound to swear : He ne'er saw coronet so fair." : Then playfully the chaplet wild : She wreathed in her dark locks, and smiled. - The Lady of the Lake, Sir Walter Scott

  • ADDITIONAL INFO:

  • CONDITION: Good to fair condition. 2" tear into image at lower left margen - repaired. Some staining and smudging in margins.

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