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"To you I give myself, for I am yours" (Shakespeare, As You Like It, Act 5, Scene 4)

September 29, 1792
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Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: "To you I give myself, for I am yours" (Shakespeare, As You Like It, Act 5, Scene 4)
  • Series/Portfolio: Boydell's Shakespeare Gallery
  • Engraver: Peter Simon (British, London ca. 1764–1813 Paris)
  • Artist: After William Hamilton (British, London 1751–1801 London)
  • Publisher: John & Josiah Boydell (British, 1786–1804)
  • Subject: William Shakespeare (British, Stratford-upon-Avon 1564–1616 Stratford-upon-Avon)
  • Published in: London
  • Date: September 29, 1792
  • Medium: Etching and engraving
  • Dimensions: Plate: 19 9/16 × 24 11/16 in. (49.7 × 62.7 cm)
    Sheet: 21 5/8 × 27 9/16 in. (55 × 70 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: John O. Hamlin Bequest, 1976
  • Object Number: 1976.653.84
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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