Object Number 1968.0158

Object Name

Print (Stipple engraving)

Title

SHAKESPEARE./ Tempest/ ACT IV. SCENE I./ Prospero's Cell._____Prospero, Ferdinand, Miranda, &c. &c.

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Creator (Role)

Joseph Wright (Painter)
1756-1793
References: Appleton's Encyclopedia; Dorinda Evans, Benjamin West and his American Students (Washington, D.C.: National Portrait Gallery, 1980); Monroe H.Fabian, Joseph Wright: American artist, 1756-1793 (Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, 1985); Nicholas B. Wainwright, "The Powell portrait of Washington by Joseph Wright." The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography 96 (October 1972) 4, pp. 419-23. Do not confuse this Joseph Wright with English painter, Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-97).

Robert Thew (Engraver)
1758-1802
Self-taught engraver; soldier and innkeeper.

John and Josiah Boydell (Publisher)

Place of Origin

London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

June 4 1800 (1800-1800)

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower left beneath image; Painted by Joseph Wright.
2. Inscription; Lower right beneath image; Engraved by Robert Thew.
3. Inscription; Bottom center; Pub. June 4, 1800, by J. & J. BOYDELL, at the Shakespeare Gallery, Pall Mall; & N.\o 90, Cheapside, London.

Subjects

Literary scene; Theater; Shakespeare, William; Literature; Illustrious Moderns

Materials

Ink; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Á la poupée, Stipple engraved, Line engraved

Dimensions (inches)

22.21 (H) , 26.52 (W) , 17.5 (Image H) , 23.5 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

56.42 (H) , 67.35 (W) , 17.5 (Image H) , 23.5 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

H at left strainer. W at bottom strainer. Plate H (at left): 19.81 in. (50.32 cm). Plate W: 25.2 in. (63.9 cm).

Publisher Summary

John and Josiah Boydell

Publication Date

06/04/1793

Place of Publication

London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Watermark

none

Coloring

Colored plates

Object Description

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