![[A Song from Shakespeare's Cymbeline] Fidele's Tomb.](jpegs/67871.jpg)
[A Song from Shakespeare's Cymbeline] 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.t. Delatre sculpt.
London: Published May 20, 1785 by Tho.s Macklin, 39. Fleet Street.
Fine stipple printed in colours. Sheet 260 x 275mm (10¼ x 10¾"). Trimmed into plate on three sides, top edge chipped.
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 one printed in red and [Ref: 19172] for reversed version.
[Ref: 67871] £220.00
London: Published May 20, 1785 by Tho.s Macklin, 39. Fleet Street.
Fine stipple printed in colours. Sheet 260 x 275mm (10¼ x 10¾"). Trimmed into plate on three sides, top edge chipped.
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 one printed in red and [Ref: 19172] for reversed version.
[Ref: 67871] £220.00