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Doll Tearsheet, Falstaff, Henry and Poins (Shakespeare, King Henry IV, Part 2, Act 2, Scene 4)

first published 1795; reissued 1852
Not on view
Fuseli was a life-long devotee of Shakespeare, first reading his works as a youth in Zurich, then sketching an elaborate mural scheme devoted to admired plays while in Rome during the 1770s. After settling in London, the artist contributed paintings to John Boydell's Shakespeare Gallery, launched in 1786 as an exhibition cum print-publishing scheme funded by subscribers. Leney's print reproduces Fuseli's conception of the irrepressible Sir John Falstaff, here chided by Doll Tearsheet in a scene from "King Henry the Fourth, part 2."

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Doll Tearsheet, Falstaff, Henry and Poins (Shakespeare, King Henry IV, Part 2, Act 2, Scene 4)
  • Series/Portfolio: The American edition of Boydell's Illustrations of the dramatic works of Shakespeare
  • Engraver: William Satchwell Leney (American (born England), London 1769–1831 Longue Pointe, near Montreal)
  • Artist: After Henry Fuseli (Swiss, Zürich 1741–1825 London)
  • Publisher: John & Josiah Boydell (British, 1786–1804)
  • Subject: William Shakespeare (British, Stratford-upon-Avon 1564–1616 Stratford-upon-Avon)
  • Date: first published 1795; reissued 1852
  • Medium: Stipple engraving; third state of three
  • Dimensions: Image: 19 1/2 x 14 3/16 in. (49.6 x 36 cm)
    Plate: 22 7/16 × 16 1/8 in. (57 × 41 cm)
    Sheet: 28 1/16 x 22 in. (71.3 x 55.9 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Gertrude and Thomas Jefferson Mumford Collection, Gift of Dorothy Quick Mayer, 1942
  • Object Number: 42.119.534
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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