illustration / The Spirit of the Nation, 1845

Drawings, frontispiece of 'The Spirit of the Nation', 1845. Original drawing made for the front cover of the first edition. Drawn in pen and brush by Sir Frederick William Burton. Signed F.W.B. Framed together with a photostatic reproduction of the frontispiece (from the National Library) as it was modified by Burton, and as it appeared in the first edition which gave the music as well as the poetry. Published by Duffy, 1845.;