Picking of the Red and White Roses (Shakespeare, King Henry the Sixth, Part 1, Act 2, Scene 4)
Artwork Details
- Title: Picking of the Red and White Roses (Shakespeare, King Henry the Sixth, Part 1, Act 2, Scene 4)
- Series/Portfolio: The American edition of Boydell's Illustrations of the dramatic works of Shakespeare
- Engraver: John Ogborne (British, Chelmsford, Essex 1755–1837 London)
- Artist: After Josiah Boydell (British, Hawarden, Flintshire 1752–1817 Middlesex)
- 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
- Dimensions: Plate: 19 9/16 × 25 in. (49.7 × 63.5 cm)
Sheet: 21 7/8 × 27 15/16 in. (55.5 × 71 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Gertrude and Thomas Jefferson Mumford Collection, Gift of Dorothy Quick Mayer, 1942
- Object Number: 42.119.547
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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