Falstaff, Prince Henry and Poins at the Boar's Head Tavern (Shakespeare, King Henry the Fourth, Part 1, Act 2, Scene 4)

Various artists/makers

1796

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Title: Falstaff, Prince Henry and Poins at the Boar's Head Tavern (Shakespeare, King Henry the Fourth, Part 1, Act 2, Scene 4)
Series/Portfolio: Boydell's Shakespeare Gallery
Engraver: Robert Thew (British, Patrington 1758–1802 Stevenage)
Artist: After Robert Smirke (British, Wigton, Cumberland 1752/53–1845 London)
Publisher: John & Josiah Boydell (British, 1786–1804)
Subject: William Shakespeare (British, Stratford-upon-Avon 1564–1616 Stratford-upon-Avon)
Published in: London
Date: 1796
Medium: Stipple engraving
Dimensions: Plate: 19 11/16 × 25 3/16 in. (50 × 64 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Gertrude and Thomas Jefferson Mumford Collection, Gift of Dorothy Quick Mayer, 1942
Object Number: 42.119.526
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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