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"Sleeping Beauty"

"Sleeping Beauty" 1867

John Chester Buttre

after William Powell Frith 9 1/2" x 5 1/2"  Line & stipple engraving w/crosshatching on wove paper, published in "Moore's Poetical Works". Publisher : R. Martin/New York. Ex-cellent condition; archi-vally restored. Includes copy of frontispiece, copy of dated Title page and artist bios. The following two line poem from Moore's "National Airs" printed below title:

 

"Slumber, oh slumber, 

if sleeping thou mak'st,

My heart beats so wildly,

I'm lost if thou wak'st."

 

RARE

(Distortion lines not in print)