The title is taken from one of Thomas Moore's Irish Melodies (1808-34)

Oh my Norah Creina dear,
My mild, my artless Norah Creina,
Beauty Lies
In many eyes,
Bur love in yours - my Nora Creina

Another version, exhibited at the British Institution in 1846 (no.21), was sold in these Rooms on 14 June 1991, lot 303.