print;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 1868,0822.5234
- Title
- Object: King John
- Description
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A military encampment where King John takes Hubert by the arm confidentially, telling him to do away with Prince Arthur, while Queen Eleanor draws the Prince to her, whispering to him in a tent in the background to right; in a frame; after Rooker; illustration to 'King John' in Lowndes' edition of Shakespeare's plays. 1784
Etching and engraving, pasted to a backing sheet
- Production date
- 1784
- Dimensions
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Height: 174 millimetres (trimmed?)
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Width: 105 millimetres (trimmed?)
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- An illustration from one of six volumes of Shakespeare's Plays of which 20 were issued in 8vo. size as separate continuation of Lowndes' 'New English Theatre'. See Hammelmann & Boase, p. 66
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: King John
- Acquisition date
- 1868
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1868,0822.5234
