A young man (left) holds his right hand between his face and the flame of a candle in the candlestick in holds in his left hand. He is also shielding his view of the older woman who gazes down at him admiringly. She holds a rose in her right hand that rests on her left arrm
Description:
Title etched below image. and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Publish'd Jany. 2d 1793 by M. Benedetti, No. 92 Norton Street, Marybone
Simon, John Peter, -approximately 1810, printmaker
Published / Created:
[4 June 1793]
Call Number:
Drawer 724 803B no. 93
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
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.", and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Publish'd June 4, 1793, by John & Josiah Boydell, at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall & No. 90, Cheapside, London
Subject (Name):
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. and Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
"A drunken party; four men drinking heavily in a tavern, one with a cloth over his head, the others gathered round him, a fifth laid out asleep on a table at left; on a barrel at right a statue group of Charity, echoing the poses of the main figures; numerous empty bottles in the foreground; after the painting by Hogarth"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title supplied by cataloger, based on Hogarth's painting., Lettered on a coal scuttle at bottom left: 'SEG 3'., Printmaker and artist from British Museum online catalogue. See BM Registration number: 1882,0610.54., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on lower edge., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Publish'd Oct. 1, 1793, by E. Walker, No. 7 Cornhill
Title, printmaker, artist, and publication information from later state in The Lewis Walpole Library, call no.: Bunbury 793.04.30.01.2++., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on upper and lower edges., Early state of one of a series of plates illustrating scenes from Shakespeare's plays, engraved after the drawings of Bunbury by various printmakers and published 1792-1796 by Thomas Macklin., and Manuscript notes giving artist and printmaker names, as well as partial title and publication information, added in pencil below image.
On the platform before the palace of Elsineur, Hamlet tries to shake off the others who restrain him, battling in disbelief to get at the ghost of his father, who stands on the right, in full armour, pointing to the right with his spear. Also depicted are Marcellus and Horatio
Description:
Title from published state in the Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C. and Early state with Hamlet's face and hands outlined only.
Publisher:
Publish'd June 24, 1793, by J. & J. Boydell, Cheapside, & at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall
Subject (Name):
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616., Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, and Hamlet (Legendary character),
"King Lear at the centre, his arm raised and looking up towards the dark sky, as Kent, behind him, attempts to coerce him out of the storm; Edgar, dressed as Tom O'Bedlam, sits huddled by a scant wooden shelter on the lower right, the Fool on the left crouching and looking warily towards Edgar, behind him stands Gloucester, holding a raised torch and reaching out his hand to Lear."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from published state. and Sheet irregularly trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:
Publish'd March 25, 1793 by John & Josiah Boydell, at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall, & No. 90 Cheapside, London
Subject (Name):
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. and Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Simon, John Peter, -approximately 1810, printmaker
Published / Created:
[25 March 1793]
Call Number:
Drawer 724 803B no. 68
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Anne Page standing on the steps of her father's house, one hand on her hip, gesturing with the other as she asks Slender and Shallow if they will step in, with Slender bowing his head coyly and Shallow watching them with his hat in his hands, view of a house among trees in the background to left"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from published state. and "Shakspeare" in open letters below image.
Publisher:
Pub. March 25, 1793 by J. & J. Boydell, Cheapside & Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall
Subject (Name):
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. and Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
"Cressida brandishing an axe in her right hand, her left on her head, wearing a laurel wreath, looking wildly ahead to left as she prophesies the fall of Troy, which is shown burning behind her."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Troilus and Cressida. Act II. Scene II
Description:
Title from British Museum online catalogue., State with background mostly unfinished., and Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed on left side.
Publisher:
Publish'd by John & Josiah Boydell, Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall
Subject (Name):
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. and Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
