"Dido, supported on a pyre by a woman wearing a veil and diadem, fainting with grief, a dagger at her side, an old woman standing behind to left and weeping women gathered on the right; in an oval."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Description:
Title from text below image., Three lines of text below title: Omnis et una delapsus calor, atq: in ventos vita recessit. Virg. IV, 705. The struggling soul was loos'd & life dissolv'd in air. Dryden., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted to 43 x 49 cm.
Publisher:
Published as the act directs, Jany. 1st, 1780, by John Boydell, engraver in Cheapside
"Olivia, outside a church, looking and gesturing towards Sebastian, touching the priest on the arm and asking him to tell the company of her secret marriage to Sebastian for the benefit of the Duke, who stands on the left in an attitude of surprise."--Brit. Mus. online catalogue
Description:
Title from British Museum online catalogue., 'Shakspeare' in open letters below imprint., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark on top and bottom.
Publisher:
Publish'd June 24, 1791, by J. & J. Boydell, Cheapside & at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall
Subject (Name):
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. and Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
"Olivia, outside a church, looking and gesturing towards Sebastian, touching the priest on the arm and asking him to tell the company of her secret marriage to Sebastian for the benefit of the Duke, who stands on the left in an attitude of surprise."--Brit. Mus. online catalogue
Description:
Title from British Museum online catalogue., 'Shakspeare' in open letters below imprint., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on top and bottom., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark: 48.5 x 61.5 cm.
Publisher:
Publish'd June 24, 1791, by J. & J. Boydell, Cheapside & at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall
Subject (Name):
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. and Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616