print;
book-illustration;
title-page
- Museum number
- 1849,0721.2047-2063
- Description
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Set of seventeen prints, book-illustrations to the 'Dramatic Works of Shakspeare' (London: 1826, Charles Whittingham), after Stothard, pasted over four pages on the album::
Ten title-page vignettes of letters: W, H, I, TT, I, N, G, H, A, M;
Seven illustrations to scenes from Jacques speech from Shakespeare's 'As You Like It' (Act II, Scene VII), loosely based on Stothard's series of 'Shakespeare's Seven Ages of Man Illustrated'; The Infant, The School Boy, The Lover, The Soldier, The Justice, The Pantaloon, Second Childishness;
Proof. 1826
Wood-engraving
- Production date
- 1826
- Dimensions
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Height: 48 millimetres (each image, approx.)
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Width: 66 millimetres
- Curator's comments
- Included in the fourth volume of Balmanno's collection of Stothard's work in BM P&D. See 1849,0721.1 for more information.
See 1859,0709.1583-1636, for individual prints in Singer's edition, 1859,0709.1637-1653 for a diamond edition.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
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Associated Title: Dramatic Works of Shakspeare
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Associated Title: A Midsummer Night's Dream
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Associated Title: As You Like It
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Associated Title: Macbeth
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Associated Title: King Henry IV, Part I
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Associated Title: King Henry VI, Part I
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Associated Title: King Henry VIII
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Associated Title: Timon of Athens
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Associated Title: King Lear
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Associated Title: Hamlet
- Acquisition date
- 1849
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1849,0721.2047-2063