King Henry the Sixth, Part Two, Act I, Scene iv, from The American Edition of Boydell's Illustrations of the Dramatic Works of Shakespeare, By the most eminent artists of Great Britain, Vol. II
Charles Gautier Playter, English, died 1809
Robert Thew, English, 1758 - 1802
after John Opie, English, 1761 - 1807
original plate 1796; reworked and printed 1852
Engraving on paper
Plate: 19 1/2 × 25 1/16 in. (49.5 × 63.6 cm)
Sheet: 23 7/16 × 29 7/16 in. (59.5 × 74.7 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Lilla Willey
2013.73.14
Publisher
Shearjashub Spooner
Geography
Place Made: England, United Kingdom, Europe
Period
19th century
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Inscribed, in plate, lower margin, center: Shakspeare. / Second Part of / King Henry the Sixth. / Act I. Scene IV. / Mother Jourdain, Hume, Southwell, Bolingbroke & Eleanor. / Published Decr. [r is superscript] 1, 1796 by John & Josiah Boydell, at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall & N. 90 Cheapside.; inscribed, in plate, lower margin, far left: Painted by John Opie R.A.; numbered, in plate, lower margin, far left: 70; inscribed, in plate, lower margin, left: Spir. Adsum. / M. Jourd. Asmath. / By the eternal God, whose name and power; inscribed, in plate, lower margin, right: Thou tremblest at, answer that. I shall ask; / For till thou speak thou shalt not pass from hence. / Spir. Ask what thou wilt. – That I had said and done.
Provenance
Lilla Willey, Thefford Center, Vermont; given to present collection, 2013.
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