Title page to "The Remains of Henry Kirke White of Nottingham"

Benjamin Tanner (American, 1775–1848)

Richard Bankes Harraden (English, 1778 – 1862)

1811

Medium/TechniqueEngraving

Credit LineGift of Francis Hill Bigelow

Accession numberM25835

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InscriptionsIn plate, above vignette: The / Remains / of / Henry Kirke White, / of / Nottingham, / late of St. John's College, / Cambridge. In plate, on image of urn: H. K. White In plate, on image of plinth: His Monument Shall / Be His Name Alone In plate, below vignette: No marble marks thy couch of lowly sleep. / But living statues there are seen to weep. / Affliction's semblance bends not e'er thy tomb. / Affliction's self deplores thy youthful doom. / Ld Byron In plate, at lower left, below vignette: Drawn by Harraden Junr. In plate, at lower right, below vignette: B. Tanner Scult. In plate, at lower center: This drawing & Plate presented to the Work by a Lady an esteemed friend of the Author. / Engraved for J. & A.Y. Humphreys Philada.

ProvenancePDP Register entry: Date acquired, 3/4/1915