A Change in the Head of Affairs
Artwork Details
- Title: A Change in the Head of Affairs
- Artist: William Heath ('Paul Pry') (British, Northumbria 1794/95–1840 Hampstead)
- Publisher: Thomas McLean (British, 1788–1875)
- Subject: William Shakespeare (British, Stratford-upon-Avon 1564–1616 Stratford-upon-Avon)
- Subject: Edmund Spenser (British, London 1552?–1599 London)
- Date: January 1828
- Medium: Hand-colored etching
- Dimensions: Sheet: 10 5/16 in. × 15 in. (26.2 × 38.1 cm)
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund and Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, by Exchange, 1970
- Object Number: 1970.541.151
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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