Caricature & Satire, Shakespeare Plays, London, Antique Print, 1827

H. Heath (artist and etcher)
G. Humphrey, St. Jameses Street, London: August 30, 1827
Illustrations of Shakespear [sic]
Hand-colored etching
11.25 x 16 inches, sheet
9.5 x 13.5 inches, image
$450

Comic vignettes of scenes from famous Shakespeare plays, enacted by animals. The vignettes are titled: “Merry Wives of Windsor. Mrs Lord. ‘Get in, get in, Sweet Sir John,'” “Richard the III. ‘Edgless fall they sword, despair and die,'” “Macbeth. ‘All hail Macbeth,'” “Merry Wives of Windsor. Anne Page. ‘Will it please you to walk in Sir,'” and “Twelfth Night. Sir Andrew. ‘Why this is the best fooling when all is done, now a Song.'”

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