![[Thomas Chatterton] To the Right Worshipful John Kerle Haberfield, Esqre. Third time Mayor of Bristol, This Engraving of Chatterton Composing the Rowleian M.S.S.](jpegs/19469.jpg)
[Thomas Chatterton] To the Right Worshipful John Kerle Haberfield, Esqre. Third time Mayor of Bristol, This Engraving of Chatterton Composing the Rowleian M.S.S. in the lumber room of his Mother's house, Colston's Parade,_the Church of St. Mary, Redcliffe, which contains the celebrated Monument Room, being seen through the window, Is respectfully dedicated, by his obliged Servant The Publisher.
R. Jeffreys Lewis. E. Mc.Innes.
Bristol: Published 1st. Sept.r 1846, by C. Mitchell, 37, College Street.
Mezzotint. 444 x 503mm (17½ x 19¾"). Trimmed with some tears, particular tear into left-hand side of image. Repaired title area with text scuffed and rubbed.
Thomas Chatterton (1752-1770), Poet and icon of the Romantic movement. The boy poet who spent his last months in poverty in a London attic before committing suicide at the age of 17; his life and work had a powerful effect on the Romantic imagination: 'the marvellous boy, The sleepless soul, that perished in his pride' (Wordsworth). Shelley also commemorates the poet.
[Ref: 19469] £260.00
Bristol: Published 1st. Sept.r 1846, by C. Mitchell, 37, College Street.
Mezzotint. 444 x 503mm (17½ x 19¾"). Trimmed with some tears, particular tear into left-hand side of image. Repaired title area with text scuffed and rubbed.
Thomas Chatterton (1752-1770), Poet and icon of the Romantic movement. The boy poet who spent his last months in poverty in a London attic before committing suicide at the age of 17; his life and work had a powerful effect on the Romantic imagination: 'the marvellous boy, The sleepless soul, that perished in his pride' (Wordsworth). Shelley also commemorates the poet.
[Ref: 19469] £260.00