Falstaff on the Battlefield (Shakespeare, King Henry IV, Part I, Act 5, Scene 4)

Multiple artists/makers

1825

Not on view

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Title: Falstaff on the Battlefield (Shakespeare, King Henry IV, Part I, Act 5, Scene 4)
Engraver: Charles Heath (British, London 1785–1848 London)
Artist: After Robert Smirke (British, Wigton, Cumberland 1752/53–1845 London)
Subject: William Shakespeare (British, Stratford-upon-Avon 1564–1616 Stratford-upon-Avon)
Publisher: Hurst, Robinson & Co. (London)
Publisher: Robert Jennings, London
Date: 1825
Medium: Engraving and etching on chine collé
Dimensions: Plate: 10 1/16 × 7 13/16 in. (25.5 × 19.8 cm)
Sheet: 17 3/16 × 11 5/8 in. (43.7 × 29.5 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Gift of Dr. Philip Stimson, 1949
Object Number: 49.16.11
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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