"Bolingbroke leading the captive Richard through London on horseback, the former on a white charger holding his crown, to the great acclaim of the people, including two ladies who hold up garlands of flowers on the right, Richard receiving the opprobrium of men to the left"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Also lettered below image "Shakspeare", along with fifteen lines from the play, given to the character York; "York: Then as I said, the duke, great Bolingbroke ... And thus still doing, thus he past along.", and Numbered '57' in lower left corner.
Publisher:
Pub. June 4,1801, by J. & J. Boydell, at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall, & No. 90 Cheapside, London
Subject (Name):
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616., Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, Richard II, King of England, 1367-1400, and Henry IV, King of England, 1367-1413
Theatrical scene from Shakespeare's Henry IV Part 2, Act V, Scene 5. Henry stands at the center of the scene delivering his public rebuke of Falstaff after Falstaff and his companions (Shallow, Pistol, and Bardolph) approach the King immediately following his coronation
Description:
Title from Shenner etching after this drawing., Date supplied by cataloger., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Name):
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. and Henry IV, King of England, 1367-1413
Subject (Topic):
Falstaff, John, Sir (Fictitious character), Theatrical productions, and British
