Artist's trial proof of a steel engraving with corrections of the head and further alterations drawn in pencil and pen and ink directly over the steel engraving. The engraving shows a man wearing a karakul and smoking a hookah
Entering from the left, Walter Shandy, having had trouble pulling on his pants, arrives too late to prevent the curate from baptizing his newborn son with the hated name of Tristram
Entering from the left, Walter Shandy, having had trouble pulling on his pants, arrives too late to prevent the curate from baptizing his newborn son with the hated name of Tristram
"Ulysses restrains Troilius, who watches from behind hangings in Calchas' tent, as Cressida sits holding Diomedes by the hand, agreeing finally to give him the sleeve Troilius gave her as a gage of his love."--British Museum online catalogue
"Cressida brandishing an axe in her right hand, her left on her head, wearing a laurel wreath, looking wildly ahead to left as she prophesies the fall of Troy, which is shown burning behind her."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Troilus and Cressida. Act II. Scene II
Description:
Title from British Museum online catalogue.
Publisher:
Publish'd by John & Josiah Boydell, Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall
Subject (Name):
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. and Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
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Drawing of a mounted Turkish warrior racing to the left and looking back over his shoulder to the right, all four of his horse's outstretched legs off the ground; wearing striped pants, a red fur-collared coat, and a green turban; holding a curved sab...
Drawing of a mounted Turkish warrior racing to the left and looking back over his shoulder to the right, all four of his horse's outstretched legs off the ground; wearing striped pants, a red fur-collared coat, and a green turban; holding a curved sab...
Drawing of a Turkish sultan, possibly Selim I, Selim II, or Selim III; wearing an ornate kaftan and large turban; sitting on a horse that is facing left, the horse adorned with a decorated saddle, gold bridle, and other ornamentation
Alternative Title:
Sultan Selim
Description:
Title from local catalog card; alternative title inscribed in ink above image.
