Winter's tale. Act II. Scene III [graphic]

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Title: Winter's tale. Act II. Scene III [graphic]
Creator: Simon, John Peter, -approximately 1810, printmaker
Contributor: Opie, John, 1761-1807, artist.
John and Josiah Boydell (Firm), publisher.
Shakspeare Gallery.
Published / Created: [4 June 1793]
Publication Place: London and England London
Publisher: Publish'd June 4, 1793, by John & Josiah Boydell, at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall & No. 90, Cheapside, London
Abstract: "King Leontes, furious with the delusion that Mamilius is not his son but a bastard, pointing at the child with his left hand, orders Antigonus, who has defended Hermione's honour and saved the child from being thrown into the fire, to prove his loyalty to his King by kissing his sword and abandoning the child in the wilderness."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
'Shakspeare' etched above title.
Also lettered with seven lines of dialogue on either side of title: "Leo. It shall be possible, Swear by this sword ... Whom for this time, we pardon."
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 486 x 600 mm
Language: English

Genre: Illustrations
Stipple engravings England London 1793
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 > 1793

Access: Public
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