Musick.

Dateca. 1736

Engraver George Bickham 1684 - 1758

After work by W. Clark

OriginEngland, London

MediumLine engraving on laid paper

DimensionsOH: 15 1/4" x OW: 9 1/2"; Plate H: 13" x W: 7 7/8"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1968-464

DescriptionThe lower margin reads: "Musick./ Musick is an insearchable and excel-/ lent Art, which rejoiceth the Spirits/ and unloadeth Grief from the heart,/ and consisteth in time and number./ Musick alone with sudden Charms can bind/ The wand'ring sense, & calm the troubled mind./ N.o XXIII./ W. Clark Scrip.t/ G. Bickham Sculp."ProvenanceBefore 1968, the Old Print Shop (New York, NY); 1968-present, purchased by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).