Romeo and Juliet. Act IV. Scene V [graphic]

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Title: Romeo and Juliet. Act IV. Scene V [graphic]
Creator: Facius, Georg Sigmund, approximately 1750- printmaker
Contributor: Facius, Johann Gottlieb, approximately 1750- printmaker.
Opie, John, 1761-1807, artist.
John and Josiah Boydell (Firm), publisher.
Shakspeare Gallery.
Published / Created: [4 June 1791]
Publication Place: London and Great Britain England London
Publisher: Published June 4th, 1791, by John & Josiah Boydell, at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall & at No. 90 Cheapside
Abstract: "A man laying the seeming dead Juliet out on a bed, as the friar gestures to heaven, trying to comfort her mother, who approaches clasping her hands together."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
"Shakspeare' etched above title.
Also inscribed with ten lines of dialogue on either side of title: "Fr. Peace, ho, for shame! Confusion's cure lives not ... Above the clouds, as high as heaven itself?
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 50 x 64 cm, on sheet 52 x 67 cm
Language: English

Genre: Illustrations
Stipple engravings England London 1791
Material: stipple and etching ;
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Subject (Topic): Characters
Subjects: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 > Illustrations
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 > Characters
England > London > 1791

Access: Public
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