Object number1968.25.5
Shakespeare "King Henry the Fifth" Act II, Scene ii (from Boydell's Shakespeare Gallery
Date1798
Artist
Robert Thew
(English, 1758-1802)
after
Henry Fuseli
(Swiss, 1741-1825)
CultureEnglish, Swiss
MediumEngraving
DimensionsImage: 19 13/16 x 25 1/16 in. (50.32 x 63.66 cm)
Sheet: 22 7/16 x 28 15/16 in. (56.99 x 73.5 cm)
Sheet: 22 7/16 x 28 15/16 in. (56.99 x 73.5 cm)
Credit LinePurchase, Matthew Vassar Fund
On View
Not on viewPeriod18th c
Classification(s)
SignedInscribed (on plate, LR): Engraved by Robt. Thew. Hift. (illegible) Engraver to H.R. H. the P. of Wales
InscribedInscribed (on plate, LL): Painted by H. Fuseli R. A.; (on plate, at bottom): SHAKSPEARE, King Henry the Fifth, Act II, Scene ii / Southampton. --------The King, Scroop, Cambridge, Grey, and attendants. / K. Hen. ---------Why, how now, Gentlemen? / What see you in those papers, that you lose / So much complexion? ----------look ye, how they change! / Their cheeks are paper. -----------Why, what read you there, / That has cowarde and chas'd your blood / Out of appearance? / Cam. I do confess my fault; / And do submit me to your highness' mercy. Pubd. Decr. 1. 1798. by J. and J. BOYDELL. at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall; and No. 19, Cheapside.
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