Object number1968.25.3
Shakespeare: Second Part of "King Henry Fourth" Act II, Scene iv (from Boydell's Shakespeare Gallery)
Date1795
Artist
William Leney
(English, 1769-1831)
after
Henry Fuseli
(Swiss, 1741-1825)
CultureSwiss
MediumEngraving
DimensionsImage: 22 3/16 x 16 3/8 in. (56.36 x 41.59 cm)
Sheet: 34 x 23 3/16 in. (86.36 x 58.9 cm)
Sheet: 34 x 23 3/16 in. (86.36 x 58.9 cm)
Credit LinePurchase, Matthew Vassar Fund
On View
Not on viewPeriod18th c
Classification(s)
InscribedInscribed (in plate, LR): Engraved by Wm. Leney.; (in plate, LL): Painted by Henry Fuseli R. A.; (in plate, at bottom): SHAKESPEARE. Second PArt of King Henry the Fourth. Act II, Scene iv, Doll Tearsheet, Falstaff, Henry and Poins. Dol. I'faith, and thou followd'st him like a church. Thouwhoreson lottle tidy Bartholomew boar-pig, when will thou leave fighting o'days and foining o'nights, and begin to patch up thine old body for heaven. Published March 25th. 1795. by JOHN and JOsiah BOYDELL, at the Shakespeare Gallery, Pall-Mall, and at No. 90. Cheapside, London
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