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

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Title: [Winter's tale. Act IV. Scene III] [graphic]
Creator: Fittler, James, 1758-1835, printmaker
Contributor: Wheatley, Francis, 1747-1801, artist.
John and Josiah Boydell (Firm), publisher.
Shakspeare Gallery.
Published / Created: [6 February 1789]
Publication Place: London and Great Britain England London
Publisher: Publish'd Feb. 6th, 1789, by John & Josiah Boydell, No. 90 Cheapside, London
Abstract: "Perdita, mistress of the feast, with flowers in her hair and holding a staff in her left hand, giving rosemary and rue to Polixenes, who sits under a large tree to left, wearing a plumed hat and shrouded in a cloak, looking up at her appreciatively, while Florizel, disguised as Doricles, ushers forward his love, a dog beside him to right, with other figures, including a man wearing a sheepskin jacket, kneeling with a basket of fruit to left, the shepherd standing behind Polixenes, a ribbon seller showing a ballad to two young women to right and dancers in the field beyond."--Brit. Mus. online catalogue
Description: Title from published state.
State with figures in outline only.
'Shakspeare' in open letters below imprint.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark at top edge.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark x cm, on sheet x cm
Edition: [Trial proof].
Language: English

Genre: Illustrations
Proofs
Stipple engravings England London 1789
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 > 1789

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