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Romeo and Juliet at the Masquerade (Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, Act 1, Scene 5)

June 15, 1785
Not on view
Romeo and Juliet meet at a masked party given by her family, the Capulets. Based on a drawing by Hamilton, Bartolozzi's print shows Romeo dressed as a pilgrim, to echo the playful language of Shakespeare's text. Juliet's nurse, at right, is apprehensive about this intrusion by a Montague into the domain of their declared enemies, the Capulets.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Romeo and Juliet at the Masquerade (Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, Act 1, Scene 5)
  • Engraver: Francesco Bartolozzi (Italian, Florence 1728–1815 Lisbon)
  • Artist: After William Hamilton (British, London 1751–1801 London)
  • Publisher: James Birchall (British, active 1781–94)
  • Subject: William Shakespeare (British, Stratford-upon-Avon 1564–1616 Stratford-upon-Avon)
  • Date: June 15, 1785
  • Medium: Stipple engraving, and etching, printed in brown ink
  • Dimensions: oval image: 8 1/4 x 6 9/16 in. (21 x 16.7 cm)
    sheet: 10 1/16 x 7 7/8 in. (25.6 x 20 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
  • Object Number: 17.3.1196
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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