Fidele's Tomb. To fair Fidele's grassy Tomb Soft Madis & Village hinds shall bring Each opening sweet of earliest bloom And rifle all the breathing Spring No waiting Ghost shall dare appear To vex with shrieks this quiet Grove But Shepherd lads assemble here And melting Virgins own their love. [Vid: Collin's Poems.]
Harding del. Suntach direxit.
[n.d. c.1785.]
Engraving. 250 x 305mm (9¾ x 12"). Trimmed along lower edge, losing publication line Some soiling.
Women dress the tomb of Fidele with flowers. A scene illustrating 'A Song from Shakespeare's Cymbeline' by William Collins (1721-59), a poem set to music by Thomas Augustine Arne (1710-78).
See Ref: 17021 for a reversed version, printe in red.
[Ref: 19172] £160.00
[n.d. c.1785.]
Engraving. 250 x 305mm (9¾ x 12"). Trimmed along lower edge, losing publication line Some soiling.
Women dress the tomb of Fidele with flowers. A scene illustrating 'A Song from Shakespeare's Cymbeline' by William Collins (1721-59), a poem set to music by Thomas Augustine Arne (1710-78).
See Ref: 17021 for a reversed version, printe in red.
[Ref: 19172] £160.00