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The Most Excellent Historie of The Merchant of Venice

1860
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Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: The Most Excellent Historie of The Merchant of Venice
  • Author: William Shakespeare (British, Stratford-upon-Avon 1564–1616 Stratford-upon-Avon)
  • Engraver: William Luson Thomas (British, London 1830–1900 Chertsey, Surrey)
  • Engraver: Horace Harral (British, Ipswich 1817–1905 Hastings)
  • Engraver: William James Palmer (British, active 1858–96)
  • Artist: After Myles Birket Foster (British, North Shields, Northumberland 1825–1899 Weybridge, Surrey)
  • Artist: After George Housman Thomas (British, London 1824–1868 Boulogne)
  • Artist: After Henry Charles Brandling (British, born 1819, active until 1860)
  • Engraver: Ornaments engraved by Edmund Evans (British, Southwark, London 1826–1905 Ventnor, Isle of Wight)
  • Artist: Ornaments designed by Harry Rogers (British, active mid-19th century)
  • Publisher: Sampson Low, Son, and Co. (London)
  • Printer: Richard Clay (London)
  • Date: 1860
  • Medium: Wood engraving
  • Dimensions: 9 1/8 x 6 3/4 in. (23.2 x 17.1 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Rogers Fund, transferred from the Library
  • Object Number: 21.36.90
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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