"Henry, Prince of Wales reaching towards the crown on the pillow beside Herny IV's head as the King sleeps, ill and apparently dead."--British Museum online catalogue
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Title from published state in the British Museum. and 'Shakspeare' in open letters below imprint.
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Publish'd May 2d, 1791, by J. & J. Boydell, at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall & No. 90, Cheapside
"Henry, Prince of Wales kneeling at the foot of Henry IV's bed, holding the crown, looking up at his father and begging pardon for having taken it up, explaining that he had thought him dead, not sleeping and had been berating the crown for the trouble it had caused."--British Museum online catalogue
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Title, artist, printmaker, publisher and date from published state.
Title, state, and date from Paulson., Print created for John Beaver's Roman military punishments; used as headpiece for Chap. XIV; see p. 116., On page 24 in volume 1. Plate trimmed to: 4.6 x 7.6 cm., and Ms. note in Steevens's hand: Missio Ignominiosa &c
A sketch by Bentley for Thomas Gray's Ode on the destruction of the Welsh bards: in a landscape with a tree on the left and mountains in the distance (right), four men on horseback confront a bearded man who holds hold out his arm in defense while hiding his harp behind his back. In the right foreground, a figure of a child amongst the riders
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Title devised by curator., Date and attribution based on other drawings for the publication., Horace Walpole's ms. note on mount below image: This and the two following are sketches for Mr. Gray's Ode on the destruction of the Welsh bards., With watermark and countermark in center of sheet: L.V. Gerrevink and IV., and Formerly mounted (folded) on leaf 11 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [ca. 1760].
A sketch by Bentley for Thomas Gray's Ode on the destruction of the Welsh bards: a landscape with figures on horseback and the bard with attendants on a cliff on the upper left. On the verso, lower edge, a sketch of a head with a helmet in grey wash with swatch of wash background
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Title devised by curator., Date and attribution based on other drawings for the publication., With watermark on top portion of sheet: L.V. Gerrevink., Horace Walpole's ms. note on mount below image on leaf 11 referring to this and the image above on leaf 12: This and the two following are sketches for Mr. Gray's Ode on the destruction of the Welsh bards., and Formerly mounted on bottom half of leaf 12 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [ca. 1760].
A sketch by Bentley for Thomas Gray's Ode on the destruction of the Welsh bards: three bearded figures one of whom holds a harp (the bard).
Description:
Title devised by curator., Date and attribution based on other drawings for the publication., Horace Walpole's ms. note on mount below image on leaf 11 referring to this and the image below on leaf 12: This and the two following are sketches for Mr. Gray's Ode on the destruction of the Welsh bards., and Formerly mounted on top half of leaf 12 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [ca. 1760].
Title devised by curator., Printmaker identified by Horace Walpole in his copy of Gray's Odes in The Lewis Walpole Library., Publication information from book in which this plate was published., Plate from: Designs by Mr. R. Bentley for six poems by Mr. T. Gray. London : Printed for R. Dodsley, 1753., Mounted on page 85 of Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 12., 1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; sheet 16 x 17.1 cm., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark on left side.