Richard Plantagenet and the Earl of Somerset stand beside a rose-bush under a large tree, with Suffolk, Warwick, Vernon and another lawyer, each urging them to show their support for whichever party they believe has told the truth, to pick a rose, white for Plantagenet, red for Somerset
Alternative Title:
First part of King Henry the sixth. Act II. Scene IV
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Lettered below the image with title: "Shakspeare. First part of King Henry 6th. Act II. Scene IV.", with nine lines of quotation in English: 'Plant. Since you are tongue ty'd, & so loth to speak [...] From of this briar pluck a white rose with me. / Som. Let him that is no coward, nor no flatterer [...] Pluck a red rose from off this thorn with me.'
Publisher:
Publish'd Jany. 1, 1795 by John & Josiah Boydell, at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall, & No. 90 Cheapside
Subject (Name):
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. and Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
"Richard Plantagenet and the Earl of Somerset stand beside a rose-bush under a large tree, with Suffolk, Warwick, Vernon and another lawyer, each urging them to show their support for whichever party they believe has told the truth, to pick a rose, white for Plantagenet, red for Somerset. Trial proof with open figures."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
First part of King Henry the sixth. Act II. Scene IV
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and 'Shakspeare' in open letters below imprint.
Publisher:
Publish'd June 24, 1790 by J. & J. Boydell, Cheapside & at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall, London
"Constables Dogberry and Verges sit on a dias, looking pompous, while the clerk Seacoal takes notes in the foreground on a low stool, all fixing their attentions on Borachio and Conrade who stand on the right, guarded by a man with a pike, while another tightens the knots binding their hands."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from published state., 'Shakspeare' in open letters below imprint., and Sheet trimmed.
Publisher:
Publish'd June 1st,1790 by J. & J. Boydell, Cheapside & at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall, London
Subject (Name):
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. and Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616