Winter's Tale, Act II, Scene iii, from The American Edition of Boydell's Illustrations of the Dramatic Works of Shakespeare, By the most eminent artists of Great Britain, Vol. II
Jean Pierre Simon, English, 1750 - 1810
after John Opie, English, 1761 - 1807
original plate 1793; reworked and printed 1852
Engraving on paper
Plate: 19 3/8 × 25 1/8 in. (49.2 × 63.8 cm)
Sheet: 23 5/8 × 29 7/16 in. (60 × 74.7 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Lilla Willey
2013.73.4
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. / Winter's Tale, / ACT II. SCENE III. / Publish'd June 4 1793 by JOHN & JOSIAH BOYDELL at the Shakspeare Gallery Pall Mall & No. [o is superscript] 90 Cheapside London.; inscribed, in plate, lower margin, far left: Painted by J. Opie; numbered, in plate, lower margin, far left: 35; inscribed, in plate, lower margin, left: Leo. It shall be possible: swear by this sword / Thou wilt perform my bidding. / Ant. I will, my lord. / Leo. Mark, and perform it; (seest thou?) for the fail; inscribed, in plate, lower margin, right: Of any point in't shall not only be / Death to thyself but to thy lewd-tongued wife / Whom for this time we pardon.; inscribed, in plate, lower margin, far right: Engraved by J.P. Simon.
Provenance
Lilla Willey, Thefford Center, Vermont; given to present collection, 2013.
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