Shakespeare Gallery folio, King Henry the Fourth, Part I, Act II, Scene IV (after the painting by Robert Smirke) by Robert Thew
Shakespeare Gallery folio, King Henry the Fourth, Part I, Act II, Scene IV (after the painting by Robert Smirke)
Robert Thew
Title
Shakespeare Gallery folio, King Henry the Fourth, Part I, Act II, Scene IV (after the painting by Robert Smirke)
Artist
Year
1796
Technique
engraving
Image Size
19 3/4 x 25 1/4" platemark
Signature
engraved, lower right
Edition Size
not stated
Annotations
Reference
Paper
heavy antique-white J Whatman wove with partial watermark
State
published
Publisher
John Boydell: J. & J., Publishers
Inventory ID
21076
Price
SOLD
Description
THE BOYDELL SHAKESPEARE FOLIO included 167 engravings, dating from 1791 to 1803, that were adapted from paintings shown at the Shakespeare Gallery in London in the late eighteenth century. John Boydell (1719 - 1804) was a noted engraver, publisher, print-seller, and even Lord Mayor of London, who established the Shakespeare Gallery and sold to subscribers engravings of the paintings shown there. His nephew, Josiah Boydell, published the collected engravings after John Boydell's death.