A Spirited Epiphonema -- raised a third and sometimes a full fifth above the key of the discourse, for "Tristram Shandy"

John Archibald Austen British

Author Laurence Sterne British, born Ireland

Publisher John Lane, The Bodley Head British

ca. 1927

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Title: A Spirited Epiphonema -- raised a third and sometimes a full fifth above the key of the discourse, for "Tristram Shandy"
Series/Portfolio: Tristram Shandy
Artist: John Archibald Austen (British, Kent 1886–1948 Kent)
Author: Laurence Sterne (British (born Ireland), 1713–1768)
Publisher: John Lane, The Bodley Head (British, 1854–1925)
Date: ca. 1927
Medium: Pen and black ink, brush and wash, over graphite
Dimensions: sheet: 10 1/2 x 6 3/8 in. (26.7 x 16.2 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1967
Object Number: 67.800.4
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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