Prints / PR1746 Vignette from 'Birds' featuring a with walking sticks and a dog sheltering in a ruined house Publisher/Manufacturer: David EsslemontSeries title: Birds Purchase: David Esslemont 1991Funding support: Catherine Lewis Trustshow object description Vignette from a page of 'Birds' featuring a man with walking sticks and a dog. The man wears ragged clothes and leans on two sticks with his back to the wind-blown rain. The dog shelters in the fireplace of a ruined cottage. Text on image, on the mantle stone of the fireplace, 'Did Youth but know what Age / would crave / Many a penny it would save'. On the reverse is printed text of extracts from Thomas Bewick's letters
Vignette from a page of 'Birds' featuring a man with walking sticks and a dog. The man wears ragged clothes and leans on two sticks with his back to the wind-blown rain. The dog shelters in the fireplace of a ruined cottage. Text on image, on the mantle stone of the fireplace, 'Did Youth but know what Age / would crave / Many a penny it would save'. On the reverse is printed text of extracts from Thomas Bewick's letters --other objects by this Artist/Maker-- (Prints) PR1749 Bearded Vulture
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