drawing;
print study
- Museum number
- 1866,1110.1444
- Description
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Illustration to Spenser's 'The Faerie Queene', Book III, Canto VII 7; Florimell entering the hut of the witch, who crouches on the floor beside a cauldron, within a circle with framing border for Bell's 'Poets of Great Britain'
Brush drawing in grey wash
- Production date
- 1778 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 108 millimetres
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Width: 63 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Engraved by Charles Grignion and published 12 March 1778, for Bell's 'Poets', as frontispiece to Spenser, Vol III. See 1868,0612.1874 for an impression.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
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Associated Title: Faerie Queene
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Associated Title: Poets of Great Britain
- Acquisition date
- 1866
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1866,1110.1444