Formerly Arthyr Hayman, active 1850, British or American, To an Old Woman, 1880
- Title:
- To an Old Woman
- Part Of:
Collective Title: Selections from the Poetry of Robert Herrick, with Drawings by Edwin A. Abbey
- Date:
- 1880
- Materials & Techniques:
- Wood-engraving on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 12 × 9 1/2 inches (30.5 × 24.1 cm), Image: 4 1/4 × 4 5/8 inches (10.8 × 11.7 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower right: "Herrick, p. 129"; on verso in graphite, lower right: "IR 784/363"
Lettered inside image, lower left: "E.A. Abbey 1880."; lower right: "H. Deis. Sc."; below image, lower center: "TO AN OLD WOMAN | Old Widdow Prouse to do her neighbors | evill | Wo'd give some say her soul unto ye | devill | Well when sh' as kild that pigge | goose cocke or hen | What wo'd she give to get that soule | againe"; lower right: "Rob: Hearicke."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art; Yale University Art Gallery Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1984.21.363
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Access:
- Accessible in the Study Room [Request]
- Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:46286
- Export:
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