Lot Essay
The source of the quotation has not been identified. It is given as 'MS' in the Royal Academy catalogue, possibly meaning 'manuscript', or perhaps indicated the initials of the poet.
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The Robin The peasant from his toil, returned, a-field, Now, leaning o'er the cottage hatch, beheld In smiles, his younger born and fair-haired child Luring with half-rais'd porringer of milk That fearless hearted-bird with scarlet breast!
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William Frederick Witherington, R.A. (1785-1865)
The Robin
The peasant from his toil, returned, a-field,
Now, leaning o'er the cottage hatch, beheld
In smiles, his younger born and fair-haired child
Luring with half-rais'd porringer of milk
That fearless hearted-bird with scarlet breast!
oil on canvas
30 x 25¼ in. (76.2 x 64.1 cm.)
The Robin
The peasant from his toil, returned, a-field,
Now, leaning o'er the cottage hatch, beheld
In smiles, his younger born and fair-haired child
Luring with half-rais'd porringer of milk
That fearless hearted-bird with scarlet breast!
oil on canvas
30 x 25¼ in. (76.2 x 64.1 cm.)
Provenance
with N. Mitchell, London.
Exhibited
London, Royal Academy, 1825, no. 207.
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