[Winter's tale. Act II. Scene III] [graphic]Simon, John Peter, -approximately 1810, printmaker[1 January 1793]eng"King Leontes, furious with the delusion that Mamilius is not his son but a bastard, pointing at the child with his left hand, orders Antigonus, who has defended Hermione's honour and saved the child from being thrown into the fire, to prove his loyalty to his King by kissing his sword and abandoning the child in the wilderness."--British Museum online catalogueTitle from published state.'Shakspeare' in open letters etched above title.State with the child and bed in outline only.Sheet trimmed to plate mark on top and bottom.