Nightly Visitors, at St. Ann's Hill; In Glided Edward's Pale-Eye'd Ghost, and Stood at Carlo's Feet
Date:
1798
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and aquatint, hand-colored
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 3/8 x 9 5/8in. (34 x 24.4cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered inside image, center left: "Confessions of O'Conner Ol'Bond"; center: "'Why d'ost thou shake thy Goury Locks at me? | Dear, bravest, worthiest, noblest, best of men! | Thou can'st not say I did it!'"; center right: "'Who first seduc'd my youthful Mind from Virtue? | Who plann'd my Treasons, & who cous'd my Death? | Remember poor Lord Edward, and despair!!!'"; below image, lower left: "Js. Gy. invt. & ft. | NIGHTLY VISITORS, at. St. Ann's Hill"; lower right: "Pub.d Sep. 21,1978 by H. Humphrey 27 St. James's Street" | '"In glided Edward's pale-eyed Ghost | And Stood at Carlo's feet.'"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection