John Cousen, John Martin
May Morning
1866
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John Cousen, John Martin
May Morning
1866
Physical Qualities
Engraving and etching, Sheet: 537 × 378 mm. (21 1/8 × 14 7/8 in.)
Plate: 222 × 148 mm. (8 3/4 × 5 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1984.81.3301.7
T. Harrison Garrett, Baltimore, purchased 1885 (Lugt supp. 2435b); James L. Claghorn, Philadelphia (Lugt supp. 555c).
Bell, Robert, ed., Art and Song: A Series of Original Highly Finished Steel Engravings from Masterpieces of Art of the Nineteenth Century, Accompanied by a Selection of the Choicest Poems in the English Language, London: Bell and Daldy, 1867.
Signed: 1
Inscribed: RECTO: LL in pl.: 'John Martin'; LR in pl.: 'J. Cousen'; BR (graphite): 'May morning. / Poem by John Milton. p.49.', (graphite, in diamond): '4477/7'; BRC (graphite): '10.'; BLC (graphite): checkmark. VERSO: TL (graphite): 'May morning. Milton'; C: Claghorn stamp in red ink.
Markings: none - none