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1793
GUSN-17094
"Shakspeare(sic)/ Winter's Tale/ Act II. Scene III." Interior scene depicting the armoured King Leontes, presenting a sword to the elderly Lord Antigonus at left, while pointing to naked infant, Perdita at right. At right, a guard and four other men look on scene from the shadows; one helmeted soldier leans over child. Beneath image, inscription (See Inscription). Frame= gold leaf over wood and gesso. beading, egg and dart surround.
engravings (prints)
ink
paper (fiber product)
Ink
Unidentified Paper
PICTURE, LITERARY
Inscribed below title: ""Published June 4, 1793, by John and Josiah Boydell, at the Shakespeare Gallery Pall Mall & No. 90. Cheaptide, London.""
47.1919
Winter's Tale Act II. Scene III.
Simon, F. P. (Artist)
After Opie, J. (Artist)
Boydell, John & Josiah (Publisher)
London, England
22.5 x 27.5 (HxW) (inches)
Bequset of Grace Gordon Latimer
1952.454
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