The duel between Sir Andrew Ague-Cheek & Viola Shakespear's Twelfth night / [graphic]

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Title: The duel between Sir Andrew Ague-Cheek & Viola Shakespear's Twelfth night / [graphic]
Alternative Title: Duel between Sir Andrew Aguecheek and Viola
Creator: Knight, Charles, 1743-1827?, printmaker
Contributor: Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811, artist.
Dickinson, William, 1746 or 1747-1823, publisher.
Published / Created: [10 March 1788]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Publish'd March 10th, 1788, by W. Dickinson, engraver, Bond Street
Abstract: "In a sitting room, a portly figure at left pushes the reluctant Sir Andrew towards his opponent Viola, in the guise of servant Cesario, at right, also ill at ease, to fight for the love of Olivia; two men standing beside Viola offer encouragement, while two more figures, one with a staff, enter through the central door behind; after Bunbury."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
"First state with etched title, before dedication"--British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1906,0419.135.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Mounted on page 57 in volume 2 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Provenance: Sold at Strawberry Hill Sale, day viii, lot 50, to H.G. Bohn, £7.7.0 [London, 733]; from an undergraduate at King's College, through Scribner's, May 1952, to W.S. Lewis, $225.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 41.4 x 55 cm
Language: English

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Folio 49 3563 v.2 (Oversize)
Collection Title: Volume 2, page 57. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Collection/Other Creator: Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797, collector.
Collection Date: [Strawberry Hill], [between 1765 and 1792]

Genre: Illustrations
Stipple engravings England London 1788
Engravings England London 1788
Material: stipple engraving and engraving in bistre ink ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Subject (Topic): Interiors
Dueling
Daggers & swords
Staffs (Sticks)
Subjects: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 > Illustrations
Interiors
Dueling
Daggers & swords
Staffs (Sticks)
England > London > 1788
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership

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