print
- Museum number
- Dd,6.4
- Title
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Object: Richard II, Act IV, Scene I
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Series: Shakespeare Gallery
- Description
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Richard on the left, hands his sceptre and crown to Bolingbroke, who stands in front of the throne under the regal canopy in Westminster Hall, surrounded by nobles, with the Archbishop of York standing behind Richard, and the Bishop of Carlisle in the foreground wringing his hands sorrowfully, foreseeing the years of war to follow. 1801
Stipple
- Production date
- 1801
- Dimensions
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Height: 495 millimetres
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Width: 625 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Richard II (IV.i)
- Acquisition date
- 1804
- Acquisition notes
- Dd,6 was a complete copy of the Boydell Shakespeare series, which was subsequently broken up. The 'Book of Donations 1756-1823' records on the 8 December 1804 the gift of a 'set of proof impressions of the large prints belonging to Messrs Boydell's edition of Shakespeare' from Mr Charles Dilly and Mr Alderman Boydell. This must be the volume Dd,6.
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- Dd,6.4