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Amiens, Jaques and the Hind (Shakespeare, As You Like It, Act 2, Scene 1)

1791
Not on view
This image is based on a painting by Middiman and Romney showing Jaques, a melancholic courtier in As You Like It, exiled to the Forest of Arden. He lies at the foot of an ancient tree on the bank of a stream, looking at a stag. The work was conceived for John Boydell's Shakespeare Gallery, launched in 1786 as a publishing-cum-exhibition scheme that included a new illustrated edition of the plays, sets of large and small engravings, and a gallery on London's Pall Mall. The latter opened in 1789 with thirty-four paintings and contained about one hundred and seventy works the time Boydell went bankrupt and auctioned the contents in 1805–his print sales plummeted when Napoleon blocaded European ports.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Amiens, Jaques and the Hind (Shakespeare, As You Like It, Act 2, Scene 1)
  • Series/Portfolio: Boydell's Shakespeare Gallery
  • Engraver: Samuel Middiman (British, 1751–1831 London)
  • Artist: After William Hodges (British, London 1744–1797 Brixham, Devon)
  • Artist: Figures after George Romney (British, Beckside, Lancashire 1734–1802 Kendal, Cumbria)
  • Publisher: John & Josiah Boydell (British, 1786–1804)
  • Subject: William Shakespeare (British, Stratford-upon-Avon 1564–1616 Stratford-upon-Avon)
  • Published in: London
  • Date: 1791
  • Medium: Etching and engraving
  • Dimensions: Plate: 19 3/4 × 25 1/16 in. (50.1 × 63.6 cm)
    Sheet: 20 7/8 in. × 26 in. (53 × 66 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: John O. Hamlin Bequest, 1976
  • Object Number: 1976.653.83
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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