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Boydell Shakespeare print in original frame; group on left standing in front of man on throne. Scene from "Measure for Measure." Painted black mat.
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Shakespeare
Stipple Engraved
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on mat: ""SHAKESPEARE/MEASURE FOR MEASURE"" Act V, Scene 1. Duke in Friar's Habit. Vavius, Lords, Angelo, Escalus, Lucio and Citizens. Isabella, Peter, Mariana, Provost, Ec. Painted by T. Kirk. Engraved by P. Simon, pub by John & Josiah Boydell, London.
Original to Sayward-Wheeler House (York Harbor, Me.),
Simon, P. (Engraver)
Kirk, T. (Painter)
Boydell, John & Josiah (Publisher)
London, England
21.875 x 30 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of the heirs of Elizabeth Cheever Wheeler
1977.275
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