Robert Smirke, 1752–1845, British, Untitled: Two Medieval Crests
- Title:
Untitled: Two Medieval Crests
- Part Of:
- Medium:
- Engraving
- Dimensions:
- Image: 5 1/2 x 7in. (14 x 17.8cm), Sheet: 14 3/4 x 12 1/2in. (37.5 x 31.8cm), Plate: 10 1/2 x 8 3/4in. (26.7 x 22.2cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Manuscript inscription: below image, at center, in graphite "This Plate is very imperfect - Wider advises that | 40 or 50 Impressions be printed off before the one in | Brown be taken -- the dappled effect of the Ground in both the accompanying impressions is | owing to the Printer -- the paper of the [illegible] | was not soaked enough"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.3597
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Associated People:
- Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:29650
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