Songs: "When in death I shall calm recline..." — Henry Thomas Alken|Thomas McLean | DiscoverArt

Henry Thomas Alken|Thomas McLean

Songs: "When in death I shall calm recline..."

1822

Soft-ground etching

20.7 × 23.9 cm (8.1 × 9.4 in)

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