DREAM
£29.50
Original 1850s 10 inch x 6 1/2 inch Etching and Engraving titled THE DREAM
The Dream is a poem written by Lord Byron in 1816. It has been described as expressing “central Romantic beliefs about dreams”. It also describes the view from the Misk Hills, close to Byron’s ancestral home in Newstead, Nottinghamshire. Mary Chaworth of Annesley Hall, a distant relation for whom Byron had a boyhood passion, is the “Maid” of the poem.
Engraved by Joseph Goodyear (1799–1839).
Drawn by Edward Henry Corbould (1815 – 1905). A British artist, noted as a historical painter and watercolourist.
Image size 3 7/8 inch x 3 inch
From “The Byron Gallery: A Series of Historical Embellishments to Illustrate the Poetical Works of Lord Byron”, published by Virtue & Co. Ltd.
The engraving is in very good condition.
Availability: 1 in stock
