Miranda (Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act 1, Scene 1)

April 14, 1809
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Miranda (Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act 1, Scene 1)
  • Engraver: Caroline Watson (British, London 1760/61–1814 London)
  • Artist: after George Romney (British, Beckside, Lancashire 1734–1802 Kendal, Cumbria)
  • Publisher: Thomas Payne (British, 1752–1831 London)
  • Sitter: Lady Emma Hamilton (British, Ness, Cheshire bap. 1765–1815 Calais)
  • Subject: William Shakespeare (British, Stratford-upon-Avon 1564–1616 Stratford-upon-Avon)
  • Subject: William Hayley (British, 1745–1820)
  • Date: April 14, 1809
  • Medium: Stipple with etching; printed in brown ink
  • Dimensions: Image: 8 1/16 × 6 11/16 in. (20.5 × 17 cm)
    Plate: 12 3/8 × 10 1/16 in. (31.4 × 25.6 cm)
    Sheet: 18 13/16 × 12 5/8 in. (47.8 × 32 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1962
  • Object Number: 62.602.675
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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