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[The Tempest] [Prospero Disarming Ferdinand.]
[H.W. Bunbury. Engraved by F. Bartolozzi.]
Published according to Act of Parliament by Thomas Macklin of the Poets Gallery London 1792.
Stipple and etching in brown ink, scarce progress proof before title, scratched publication line only. 410 x 480mm (16 x 19").
Outside Prospero's grotto, the Duke stands waving a wand in the direction of Ferdinand at left, while Miranda kneels beside her father, tugging at his arm; behind in the cave Ariel plays a harp. Illustration of William Shakespeare's 'The Tempest' (Act 1, Scene 2), from the series 'Macklin's Shakespeare Gallery'. After Henry William Bunbury (1750 - 1811).
See BM 1872,0511.127 for a proof, described as De Vesme 1831.I but with a stippled border not on this example.
[Ref: 17192] £280.00
Published according to Act of Parliament by Thomas Macklin of the Poets Gallery London 1792.
Stipple and etching in brown ink, scarce progress proof before title, scratched publication line only. 410 x 480mm (16 x 19").
Outside Prospero's grotto, the Duke stands waving a wand in the direction of Ferdinand at left, while Miranda kneels beside her father, tugging at his arm; behind in the cave Ariel plays a harp. Illustration of William Shakespeare's 'The Tempest' (Act 1, Scene 2), from the series 'Macklin's Shakespeare Gallery'. After Henry William Bunbury (1750 - 1811).
See BM 1872,0511.127 for a proof, described as De Vesme 1831.I but with a stippled border not on this example.
[Ref: 17192] £280.00