Lot Essay
The hand-coloured etching is from the Despondent Lover Series
Details
VICTORIAN HAND-COLOURED ETCHING
A hand coloured etching with embossed border and central picture of a man leaning against a tree in despair with hand coloured details on the edge, verse reads 'Amid these wilds I wander in despair, I sigh for her, so faithless yet so fair: Ye streams, ye woods, ye breezes tell: The agony of Soul for her I feel' - 8 x 10in., circa 1820; another with verse 'Most beautiful, I love thee! By thy eye of melting blue: In life and death I'll prove me Faithful, kind and true! Most beautiful, I love thee! by the heart that now I give; Oh! let my fond prayers move thee To bid me hope and live!' - 7½ x 8½in. (2)
A hand coloured etching with embossed border and central picture of a man leaning against a tree in despair with hand coloured details on the edge, verse reads 'Amid these wilds I wander in despair, I sigh for her, so faithless yet so fair: Ye streams, ye woods, ye breezes tell: The agony of Soul for her I feel' - 8 x 10in., circa 1820; another with verse 'Most beautiful, I love thee! By thy eye of melting blue: In life and death I'll prove me Faithful, kind and true! Most beautiful, I love thee! by the heart that now I give; Oh! let my fond prayers move thee To bid me hope and live!' - 7½ x 8½in. (2)
Literature
Tokens of Love by Roberta B Etter page 68