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“When first I saw thee graceful move”
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Thomas Landseer and Moon, Boys & Graves

“When first I saw thee graceful move”

1827-1828

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“When first I saw thee graceful move”

Thomas Landseer and Moon, Boys & Graves

“When first I saw thee graceful move”

“When first I saw thee graceful move”

1827-1828

Physical Qualities Etching, Sheet: 264 × 375 mm. (10 3/8 × 14 3/4 in.) Plate: 164 × 203 mm. (6 7/16 × 8 in.)
Portfolio/Series From the series "Monkey-ana, or Men in Miniature"
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 1996.48.10402
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 "T.Landseer"; below image, lower center, in plate "When I first saw thee graceful move [...]"

Markings: none

Artist

Thomas Landseer

English, 1795-1880

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Publisher

Moon, Boys & Graves

operated 1827 - 1836

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MY DEAR, SINCE WE WON'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO SEE EVERYTHING IN ONE DAY, YOU SHOULD LOOK AT THE PICTURES ON THE RIGHT WHILE I'LL LOOK AT THE ONES ON THE LEFT, AND WHEN WE GET HOME, WE'LL TELL EACH OTHER EVERYTHING WE SAW.
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WHEN YOU LEFT YOUR REPAST TO REMOVE THE DEAD, TO CONCEAL THEM IN YOUR HOUSE, AND BURY THEM AT NIGHT, I OFFERED YOUR PRAYER TO THE LORD
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When you Left your Repast to Remove the Dead, to Conceal them in your House, and Bury them at Night, I Offered your Prayer to the Lord
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EMPEROR JUSTINIAN RECEIVING THE FIRST IMPORTED SILKWORM EGGS FROM NESTORIAN MONKS
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