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Provenance
Joseph Smith (b. 1854), a gardener at Hatherop Castle, Gloucestershire (bought by Maharajah Duleep Singh in 1862), and thence by descent.
The Maharajah's inscription reads: Joseph Smith, Hatherop, All Saints' Day 1863, From His Highness the Maharajah Duleep Singh, together with the chapter and verse of three passages of significance: Ecclesiastes 12.1; John 5.39; 2 Timothy 3.14, 15, 16, 17.
Joseph Smith's pencil inscription reads: Joseph Smith is my name, England is my nation, Netherby is my dwelling place, and Christ is my Salvation.