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The Soldier's Wife.

Ref: P/3452 < >

Physical Attributes
Technique: Stipple
Colour: Printed in colour
Dimensions: 227 x 171 mm

Production
Artist: Emma Crewe
Engraver: William Satchwell Leney
Date: 1793

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Bibliographic References

Stuck on a brown paper backing (from an old album). A slightly week impression with artist's name too faint to read.
Poem beneath reads - A LUCKLESS DAY LAST WHITSUNTIDE, WHEN MY FAITHFUL SOLDIER DIED,HIS TENT WHICH STANDS BY YONDER TREE, AFFORDS NO SHELTER NOW FOR ME.




Antique Stipple - "The Soldier's Wife." by W S Leney after E Crewe published 1793.