Print made by Paul Fourdrinier, 1698–1758, Frenchafter Peter Monamy, 1681–1749, BritishPublished by Bowles & Carver, 1763–1830, BritishPublished by Robert Wilkinson, 1758–1825, British
Title:
Sweet William's Farewell to Black Eyed Susan
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving with hand coloring in watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 5/16 × 18 1/8 inches (31.2 × 46 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered below image, lower left: "P. Monemie Pinxt. Publish'd according to Act of Parliament."; below: "O Susan, Susan Lovely Dear, | My Vows shall ever true remain; Let me Kifs off that falling Tear, | We only part to meet again; | Change as ye list ye Winds, my Heart shall be | The Faithful Compafs that still points to thee"; center: "Sweet William's Farewel | to | Black Eyed Sufan"; below: " London Printed for Bowles and Carver No. 69 St Pauls Church Yard & Robert Wilkinson No 58 Cornhill."; lower right: "Fourdrinier sculp from the Original in Vaux-hall Garden" ; below: "The Boatswain gave the dreadful Word, | Ths Sails their Swelling Bosom spread, | No longer must she stay aboard: | They kiss'd the Sigh'd, he hung his head: | Her lefs'ning Boat unwilling rows to Land, | Adieu; She cries, and wav'd her Lily Hand."
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1995.13.141
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
sea | ships | sails | rowboats | marine art
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Spreading Canvas - Eighteenth - Century British Marine Painting (Yale Center for British Art, 2016-09-09 - 2016-12-04)Art and Music in Britain: Four Encounters, 1730-1900 (Yale Center for British Art, 2006-10-05 - 2006-12-31)
Publications:
Timothy J. Barringer, Art & music in Britain : four encounters, 1730-1900 (exhibition and label text), , New Haven, 2006, [p. 19], V 1699:1 (YCBA)Timothy J. Barringer, Art & music in Britain : four encounters, 1730-1900, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 2006, pp. 6-7, V 1699 (YCBA)Jonathan Conlin, The pleasure garden , from Vauxhall to Coney Island, , University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, 2013, pp. 89-91, fig. 3.4, SB451.36.G7 P54 2013 (YCBA) Also available online (ORBIS) [Project Muse]Eleanor Hughes, Spreading Canvas : Eighteenth-Century British Marine Painting, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 2016, p. 161, 163, cat. 23, ND 1373.G74 S67 2016 (YCBA)