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Charles
West Cope R.A.
Leeds
1811 - 1890 Bournmouth
A genre painter of history and literary subjects
and founder of The Etching Club
Milton's
Dream of his deceased Wife
121 x 117 mm
Etching,
1850. Published state, only issue, as plate 24
in Etchings for the Art Union of London by
the Etching Club, in 1857. On cream laid india paper
on stiff off-white wove with wide margins. The
image in good condition. The wove sheet stained
at the edges.
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Additional
Information about the Print
Cope's etching is related to his painting of this subject exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1850. In an earlier proof state the etching was dated and initialled below the image. This was the same year that Palmer took up etching and joined the Etching Club, at the instigation of his friend, Cope.
Cope's inspiration was the blind Milton's Sonnet XXIII, on the death of his second wife in 1656
Methought
I saw my late espoused saint.
…vested all in white, pure as her mind:
Her face was veil’d, yet to my fancied sight
Love, sweetness, goodness, in her person shin’d
So clear, as in no face with more delight |
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