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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) 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

Robert Thew

 
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.