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Robert Thew, 1758–1802, British, Shakespeare's Tempest Act IV Scene I. Prospero's Cell, 1800
- Title:
Shakespeare's Tempest Act IV Scene I. Prospero's Cell.
- Date:
- 1800
- Medium:
- Stipple engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 21 1/2 × 26 9/16 inches (54.6 × 67.5 cm), Plate: 20 × 25 3/16 inches (50.8 × 64 cm), Image: 17 9/16 × 23 1/2 inches (44.6 × 59.7 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered, lower left: "Painted by Joseph side | Of the beast Caliban, and his confederates"; lettered, lower right: "Engraved by Roert Thew. | Against my life; the minute of their plot. | Is almost come.--[to the spirits] Well done; avoid;--no | more."; lettered, lower center: "SHAKSPEARE. | Tempest | ACT IV. SCENE I. | Prospero's Cell. --Prospero, Ferdinand, Miranda, &c. &c. | Pub. June 4, 1800, by J & J BOYDELL, at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall; & No.90, Cheapside, London"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1978.43.330
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- literary theme | The Tempest, play by William Shakespeare | theater (discipline)
- 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:42142
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