Title
Margaret's Tomb
Object Type
Date
late 18th century
Description
An engraving entitled “Margaret’s Tomb” (English, late 18th century) by Francesco Bartolozzi (Italian, 1728-1815) after Henry Bunbury (English, 1757-1827). The scene depicts three young women in a churchyard and an old man leaning on a tombstone. Below the title is printed a three verse poem:
Her bloom was like the springing flower / That sips the silver dew, / The rose was budded on her cheek, / Just opening to the view. / But Love had like a canker worm / Consumed her early prime: / The rose grew pale & left her cheek; / She died before her time. / That face alas! no more is fair, / Those lips no longer red; / Dark are those eyes now closed in death, / And every charm is fled.
The engraving is housed in a wood frame.
Her bloom was like the springing flower / That sips the silver dew, / The rose was budded on her cheek, / Just opening to the view. / But Love had like a canker worm / Consumed her early prime: / The rose grew pale & left her cheek; / She died before her time. / That face alas! no more is fair, / Those lips no longer red; / Dark are those eyes now closed in death, / And every charm is fled.
The engraving is housed in a wood frame.
Cultural Origin
English
Medium
ink on paper
wood frame
Extent
16 5/8" x 19 1/2"
Collection
Source
Gift of Mrs. Elizabeth Morris Smith, 1986.
Identifier
PSNC.7357
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