Adelaide entering in disguise the Abbey of La Trappe, hears her lovers voice in the choir [graphic] : mem. of the Comte de Comminge / H. Bunbury Esqr. delint. ; W. Dickinson excudit.
- Creator:
- Dickinson, William, 1746 or 1747-1823, printmaker.
- Copyright Date:
- [20 October 1782]
- Physical Description:
- 1 print : aquatint and stipple engraving with roulette on laid paper ; sheet 39.0 x 50.0 cm
- Notes:
- Title engraved below image.
"Final third state, the aquatint considerably lighter than in the second and the inscription above the doorway in even engraved letters"--British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1893,0731.62.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
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Four lines of verse below image, following title: Thoughts of past joys before the altar rise, stain all my soul and wanton in my eyes! I wake the matin lamp in sighs for thee, thy image steals between my God and me. Eloisa. - Abstract:
- "A girl dressed in male clothing, starting with a startled expression and thrusting her right arm forward as she stands between two monks, others seen from behind exiting through a door with inscription in tablet above at right, another ringing a bell through an arch at right, the choir beyond; after Henry William Bunbury."--British Museum online catalogue.
- Topics:
- Abbeys.
Bells.
Doors & doorways.
Interiors.
Monks. - Topics:
- Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811, artist.
Dickinson, William, 1746 or 1747-1823, publisher.
Tencin, Claudine Alexandrine Guérin de,--1682-1749.--Mémoires du comte de Comminge--Illustrations.
Walpole, Horace,--1717-1797--Ownership. - Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Aquatints--England--London--1782.
Book illustrations.
Stipple engravings--England--London--1782. - Format:
- Image
- Content Type:
- Paintings & Drawings
Prints & Photographs - Rights:
- These images are provided for study purposes only. For publication or other use of images from the Library's collection, please contact the Lewis Walpole Library at walpole@yale.edu. Further details on the Library's photoduplication policy are available at http://www.library.yale.edu/walpole/html/research/rights_reproductions.html
- Source Title:
- Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
- Call Number:
- 49 3563
Folio 49 3563 v.2 (Oversize) - Orbis Record:
- 15377640
- Yale Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Digital Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Local Record Number:
- lwlpr21879
- OID:
- 17355519
- PID:
- digcoll:5255624
