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William Greatbach, Born 1802, British, Falstaff and his Friends, ca. 1868
- Title:
Falstaff and his Friends
- Additional Title(s):
Windsor, Before Page's House: 'The Merry Wives of Windsor,' Act I, Scene I
- Part Of:
- Date:
- ca. 1868
- Medium:
- Etching and stipple engraving on moderately thick, smooth, cream card
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 8 7/8 × 11 inches (22.5 × 28 cm), Image: 6 7/8 × 9 7/8 inches (17.5 × 25.1 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered, lower left: "C. R. LESLIE, R. A. PINX.T"; lower center: "FALSTAFF AND HIS FRIENDS. | ("THE MERRY WIVES OF WIDNSOR.") | FROM THE PICTURE IN THE SHEEPSHANKS COLLECTION"; lower right: "W. GREATBACH, SCULP.T"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1976.1.496
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- actors | bread | cake | drama | drinking | drinking glasses | eating | entertainment | fire | fireplace | food | fruit | house | illustration | leisure | literary theme | manor | meat | men | obese | plays by William Shakespeare | sitting | tables | talking | The Merry Wives of Windsor, Act I, Scene I | The Merry Wives of Windsor, play by William Shakespeare | theater | wine | women
- Associated People:
- Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
Sir John Falstaff
Mistress Ford (character in The Merry Wives of Windsor)
characters
Mistress Page (character in The Merry Wives of Windsor) - Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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