"The muse so oft her silver harp has strung ..." [graphic]

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Title: "The muse so oft her silver harp has strung ..." [graphic]
Alternative Title: Harpist in the mountains, the Welsh bard
Creator: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Contributor: Ibbetson, Julius, 1759-1817, artist.
Smith, John, 1749-1831, artist.
Jones, Edward, 1752-1824, publisher.
Published / Created: [20 February 1802]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Published according to act of Parliament Feb. 20, 1802 by Ed. Jones, in Lord Steward's Court-Yard, St. James's Place
Abstract: An elderly man plays a harp on a hillside surrounded by couples and children. In the distance are mountains and a tower
Description: Title from the first line of the four-line poem printed below the image.
Title continues: "... That not a mountain rears his head unsung. And many an amorous, many a humourous lay, which many a bard had changed many a day."
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Frontispiece to: Jones, E. Bardic Museum. Musical and poetical relicks of the Welsh Bards, v. 2. London : For the author, 1802.
Provenance: C. & J. Goodfriend; April 2013.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 28.1 x 22 cm
Language: English

Genre: Genre prints
Frontispieces
Etchings England London 1802
Material: etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Children
Couples
Harps
Mountains
Musicians
Subjects: Children
Couples
Harps
Mountains
Musicians
England > London > 1802
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

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