From the series: Twelve characters from Shakespeare. An almost half-length portrait in an oval, with the rotund character facing to right and holding a chalice in left hand against his belly and looking to left; thin double-lined border around the edges of the plate
Description:
Title etched above image., Printmaker from British Museum online catalogue. Museum number: 1865,0520.825., and Caption below image: Second part Henry IV, Act 5, Scene 4th. There's a merry heart good master Silence, I'll give you a health for that anon.
Publisher:
Publish'd March 15, 1776, by J. Mortimer, Norfolk Street, Strand
Subject (Name):
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. and Falstaff, John, Sir (Fictitious character),
