"When shall we three meet again?" Dedicated to - / [graphic]

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Title: "When shall we three meet again?" Dedicated to - / [graphic]
Creator: Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, printmaker
Contributor: Tregear, G. S. active 19th century, publisher.
Published / Created: [approximately 1830?]
Publication Place: London?
Publisher: G.S. Tregear?
Abstract: Two asses on a bare patch of ground, with the first line of Shakespeare's 'Macbeth' below. The play begins with three witches in a storm deciding when to meet next ('When the hurlyburly's done, / When the battle's lost and won'). That there are only two asses in this parody presumably means that the dedicatee of the print, whose name is withheld, is the third
Description: Title from text below image.
Signed with the initials of Charles Jameson Grant.
Imprint lacking, but text "See Tregear's catalogue" beneath title suggests G.S. Tregear as publisher.
Date of publication from dealer's description.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum.
Provenance: Grosvenor Prints; September 2023.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 17.1 x 20 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English