From the series: Twelve characters from Shakespeare. An almost half-length portrait in an oval, with the character facing to left and weeping onto a blooded cloth held to his right eye; 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. See ruthless Queen a hapless Father's tears. This cloth tho dip'd'st in blopd of my sweet boy And I with tears do wash the blood away.
Publisher:
Publish'd March 15, 1776, by J. Mortimer, Norfolk Street, Strand
Subject (Name):
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. and Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
