print;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 1859,0709.1587
- Description
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The Lover, "Sighing like furnace, with a woeful ballad"; scene from Jacques speech from Shakespeare's 'As You Like It' (Act II, Scene VII), a young man sitting under tree, in profile to the left, with letter in hand; loosely based on Stothard's series of 'Shakespeare's Seven Ages of Man Illustrated'; illustration to Singer's edition of the 'Dramatic Works of Shakspeare' (London: 1826, Charles Whittingham, vol. I); proof. 1826
Wood-engraving
- Production date
- 1826
- Dimensions
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Height: 49 millimetres (image)
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Width: 65 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
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Associated Title: As You Like It (II, vii)
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Associated Title: Dramatic Works of Shakspeare
- Acquisition date
- 1859
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1859,0709.1587