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“Speak no more, I’ll not be made a soft & dull-eyed fool”

Thomas Landseer and Moon, Boys & Graves

“Speak no more, I’ll not be made a soft & dull-eyed fool”

1826-1827

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“Speak no more, I’ll not be made a soft & dull-eyed fool”

1826-1827

Physical Qualities Etching, 375 × 264 mm. (14 3/4 × 10 3/8 in.)
Credit Line The George A. Lucas Collection, purchased with funds from the State of Maryland, Laurence and Stella Bendann Fund, and contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations throughout the Baltimore community
Object Number 1996.48.10423
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1996; The Maryland Institute College of Art, through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris

Inscribed: in image, lower right, in plate "TL"; below image, lower center, in plate ""speak no more, / I'll not be made [...]"

Markings: none

Artist

Thomas Landseer

1794–1879

English, 1795-1880
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Publisher

Moon, Boys & Graves

1826–1835

operated 1827 - 1836
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