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Boydell Shakespeare print of two women whispering, another eavesdropping. A scene from "Much Ado About Nothing." In original frame with black and gilt painted mat.
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engraving (printing process)
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Ink
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Shakespeare
Stipple Engraved
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on mat: ""SHAKESPEARE/MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING"" Act III, Scene 1. An Orchard. Hero, Ursula and Beatrice. Painted by the Rev. W. Peters, R.A. Engraved by P. Simon. pub by John & Josiah Boydell, London.
Original to Sayward-Wheeler House (York Harbor, Me.),
Simon, P. (Engraver)
Peters, W. (Painter)
Boydell, John & Josiah (Publisher)
London, England
30 x 23 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of the heirs of Elizabeth Cheever Wheeler
1977.274
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