Temperance.–The Man: "Here is that which is too weak to be a sinner–honest Water"–Shakespeare

Multiple artists/makers

1843

Not on view

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Title: Temperance.–The Man: "Here is that which is too weak to be a sinner–honest Water"–Shakespeare
Engraver: T. W. Huffam (British, active 1825–56)
Artist: After Alfred Henry Forrester [Alfred Crowquill] (British, London 1804–1872 London)
Publisher: R. C. Lambe (London)
Subject: Theobold Wolfe Tone (Irish, 1763–1789)
Subject: William Shakespeare (British, Stratford-upon-Avon 1564–1616 Stratford-upon-Avon)
Date: 1843
Medium: Mezzotint and etching
Dimensions: Plate: 13 1/8 × 10 1/8 in. (33.4 × 25.7 cm)
Sheet: 17 1/2 × 13 3/4 in. (44.5 × 35 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Gift of Georgiana W. Sargent, in memory of John Osborne Sargent, 1924
Object Number: 24.63.1200
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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