Thomas D'Urfey Poeta Lyricus. Whilst D'Urfey's voice his verse do's raise, When D'Urfey sings his Tunefull Layes, Give D'Urfeys Lyrick-Muse the Bayes. E.G.
E. Gouge pinx. G. Vertue Sculp.
[n.d. c.1719.]
Engraving. 134 x 83mm (5¼ x 3¼"). Cut.
Portrait; half length, to the left, wearing long curled wig, jacket, and cravat; in lettered oval; frontispiece to 'Songs Compleat Pleasant and Divertive set to Musick' (1719). O'Donoghue notes this as a frontispiece to his 'Wit and Mirth' (1719). It may well have been used as a frontispiece for both, signed in ink verso, Cornelius Paine. Thomas D'Urfey (1653-1723), poet and dramatist.
Alexander (2008): 103.
[Ref: 52394] £140.00
[n.d. c.1719.]
Engraving. 134 x 83mm (5¼ x 3¼"). Cut.
Portrait; half length, to the left, wearing long curled wig, jacket, and cravat; in lettered oval; frontispiece to 'Songs Compleat Pleasant and Divertive set to Musick' (1719). O'Donoghue notes this as a frontispiece to his 'Wit and Mirth' (1719). It may well have been used as a frontispiece for both, signed in ink verso, Cornelius Paine. Thomas D'Urfey (1653-1723), poet and dramatist.
Alexander (2008): 103.
[Ref: 52394] £140.00