[Falstaff with Hotspur on his back] [graphic].

Description

Title: [Falstaff with Hotspur on his back] [graphic].
Creator: Vandenbergh, Ignatius Joseph, 1752-1824, printmaker
Contributor: Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811, artist.
Macklin, Thomas, publisher.
Published / Created: [1793]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Thomas Macklin
Description: Title, printmaker, artist, and publication information from later state in The Lewis Walpole Library, call no.: Bunbury 793.04.30.01.2++.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark on upper and lower edges.
Early state of one of a series of plates illustrating scenes from Shakespeare's plays, engraved after the drawings of Bunbury by various printmakers and published 1792-1796 by Thomas Macklin.
Manuscript notes giving artist and printmaker names, as well as partial title and publication information, added in pencil below image.
Provenance: Gift of Joseph Verner Reed (Yale 1926) to the Yale Library, 1958. Portions were transferred to Lewis Walpole Library 1960. For other items from this gift refer to Beinecke Library's GEN MSS 1000.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 38.9 x 49 cm
Edition: [Proof before letters].
Language: English

Genre: Illustrations
Stipple engravings England London 1793
Etchings England London 1793
Material: stipple engraving and etching ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Subjects: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 > Illustrations
England > London > 1793

Access: Public
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