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The Merry Wives of Windsor: Act V, scene V
1795
from the Shakespeare Gallery series, published by John and Josiah Boydell, London
Medium
engraving and etching
Measurements
44.2 × 59.5 cm (image) 49.8 × 63.0 cm (sheet, trimmed within platemark)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1926
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Inscription
printed in ink below image l.l.: Painted by Robt (t in superscript above . ) Smirk R.A.
printed in ink below image l.r.: Engraved by Isc (c in superscript above . ) Taylor Jun.
printed in ink below image l.c.: SHAKSPEARE. / Merry Wives of Windsor / ACT V. SCENE V. / Windsor Park _ Falstaff disguised with a buck's head on &c. / Publiʃhed Jany (y in superscript above . ) . 1. 1795. by JOHN & JOSIAH BOYDELL, at the Shakʃspeare Gallery, Pall Mall _ & at No (o in superscript above . )90. Cheapʃside, LONDON.
inscribed in ink below image l.c.l.: (three lines of text)
inscribed in ink below image l.c.r.: (three lines of text)
Accession Number
2197-3
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
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