Title
Shakespeare Gallery Folio, "Measure for Measure", Act V, Scene I (after the painting by Thomas Kirk
Artist
Year
1796
Technique
engraving
Image Size
19 5/8 x 25" platemark
Signature
engraved, lower right
Edition Size
not stated
Annotations
"350 PR" in pencil, lower right, verso
Reference
Paper
heavy antique-white J Whatman 1794 wove paper with complete watermark
State
published
Publisher
J. & J. Boydell Publishers
Inventory ID
20985
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.