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The Vine

Etching
ca. 1843 (etched), 1843-1853 (published)
Artist/Maker
Etching Club (artist)
Palmer, Samuel (etcher)
Place of origin
England (etched)

Etching on paper

Object details

Categories
Prints
Illustration
Shakespeare
Object type
Etching
Titles
  • The Vine (generic title)
  • Plumpy Bacchus (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Paper, etching
Paper
Printing Ink
Etching
Brief description
'The Vine' (also known as 'Plumpy Bacchus'), two illustrations on one sheet, accompanying lyrics from Shakespeare's 'Antony and Cleopatra'. Etchings by Samuel Palmer, ca.1843. Trial proof for the 1843 edition of 'Songs and Ballads of Shakespeare Illustrated by the Etching Club'.
Physical description
Etching on paper
Dimensions
    Copy number
    Trial proof
    Marks and inscriptions
    'COME, THOU MONARCH OF THE VINE, / PLUMP BACCHUS, WITH PINK EYNE: / IN THY VATS OUR CARES BE DROWN'D; / WITH THY GRAPES OUR HAIRS BE CROWN'D; / CUP US, TILL THE WORLD GO ROUND; / CUP US, TILL THE WORLD GO ROUND!' (Lettered centre of sheet between the two illustrations.)
    Object history
    The lyrics printed are from the song in Shakespeare's 'Antony and Cleopatra' Act II, Scene 7.

    Plate destroyed.
    Production
    Trial proof for the 1843 edition of 'Songs and Ballads of Shakespeare Illustrated by the Etching Club'.
    Subjects depicted
    Cherubs
    Grapes
    Cartouche
    Forest
    Bacchus
    Literary referenceShakespeare, William. <u>Antony and Cleopatra</u>, Act II, Scene 7.
    Associated objects
    Bibliographic references
    • Catalogue of an Exhibition of Drawings, Etchings & Woodcuts by Samuel Palmer and other Disciples of William Blake October 20 - December 31, 1926. London : Published under the authority of the Board of Education, 1926. Publication No. 178 E.I.D.
    • Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design, Accessions 1912, London, Printed for His Majesty’s Stationery Office 1913
    Collection
    Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
    Accession number
    E.1015-1912

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    Record createdJune 30, 2009
    Record URL
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