Be not too forward painter 'tis
- DMI number:
- 10578
- First Line:
- Be not too forward painter 'tis
- Last Line:
- Leave off or paint her with a voice
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Advice to a Painter poems and Couplet
- Themes:
- Art / painting and Beauty
- Author:
- James Shirley
- Confidence:
- Confident (50%)
- Comments:
- Shirley (1646): 12-14 ('To the Painter Preparing to Draw M. M. H.').
- Title:
- A new miscellany of original poems, translations and imitations [T71421]
- Page No(s):
- pp.150-153
- Poem Title:
- To the Painter preparing to draw Mrs. Mary Hammond, Sister to Sir William Hammond of St. Albans in Kent.
- Attribution:
- Written by Mr. James Shirley, In the Year 1634
- Attributed To:
- James Shirley
- Title:
- A new miscellany of original poems, translations and imitations [T213947]
- Page No(s):
- pp.150-153
- Poem Title:
- To the Painter preparing to draw Mrs. Mary Hammond, Sister to Sir William Hammond of St. Albans in Kent.
- Attribution:
- Written by Mr. James Shirley, In the Year 1634.
- Attributed To:
- James Shirley
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