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Print made by Robert Thew, 1758–1802, British, King Henry VI, Part I: Act II, Scene V, A Room in the Tower (The Death of Mortimer), 1792
- Title:
King Henry VI, Part I: Act II, Scene V, A Room in the Tower (The Death of Mortimer)
- Former Title(s):
Henry VI, Part I: Act II, Scene v, A Room in the Tower
- Date:
- 1792
- Medium:
- Stipple engraving, etching, and aquatint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 29 3/8 × 20 1/16 inches (74.6 × 51 cm), Plate: 25 1/2 × 18 5/16 inches (64.7 × 46.5 cm), Image: 22 1/8 × 16 1/16 inches (56.2 × 40.8 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower left: "60"; inscribed on verso, lower left: "Henry VI part I"
Watermark: [...]
Lettered, below image, lower left: "Painted by J. Northcote."; below image, lower right: "Aqua fortis by R. Thew."; below image, center: "Published Jany. 21. 1792, by J. & J. Boydell, at the Shakspeare Gallery Pall Mall. & No. 90 Cheapside. | SHAKSPEARE."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.20020
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- chains | cross (object) | Henry VI, part I by William Shakespeare | lantern | literary theme | scroll (information artifact) | shackles
- Associated Places:
- Tower of London
- 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:46680
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