"Falstaff sitting on a long bench with Justice Shallow and Silence beside him, asking Thomas Wart, who is dressed in rags, the head of a mottley collection of locals who queue behind, to parade with a gun."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Shakspeare. Second part of King Henry the Fourth. Act III. Scene 2 : Justice Shallow's seat in Gloustershire and Second part of King Henry the Fourth. Act III. Scene 2 : Justice Shallow's seat in Gloustershire
Description:
Title engraved below image., Plate to Boydell's Shakespeare Gallery, Vol. 2, no. 9, series A., and Four lines of dialogue beneath image, two on either side of title: Fal. Come, manage me your caliver, so: very well: go to: very good: exceeding good. O, give me always a little lean, old, chopp'd bald shot. Well said, i' faith. Wart: thou'rt a good scab: hold, there's a tester for thee.
Publisher:
Pubd. Decr. 1, 1798, by J. & J. Boydell, at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall; & No. 90 Cheapside
Subject (Name):
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616., Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, Shallow, Justice (Fictitious character),, and Falstaff, John, Sir (Fictitious character),
Subject (Topic):
Characters, Justice Shallow, Benches, Firearms, Axes, and Shields
