Shakespeare Nursed by Tragedy and Comedy.Engraved from the Original Picture Painted by Geo. Romney Esq.r In the Possession of Francis Newbery, Esq.r.
Painted by G. Romney Esq.r. Engraved by B. Smith.
London Pub Dec.r 1st 1803 by J. & J. Boydell, at the Shakespeare Gallery, Pall Mallm & No 90 Cheapside.
Stipple. 320 x 420mm (12½ x 16½"). Trimmed to plate, top right corner torn, bit messy in margins.
The infant Shakespeare sitting on a basket covered by a sheet beneath a tree, Tragedy holding a pipe which he plays. The smiling Comedy is Emma Hamilton, Romney's muse, wife of Sir William Hamilton and lover of Horatio Nelson.
[Ref: 44285] £160.00
London Pub Dec.r 1st 1803 by J. & J. Boydell, at the Shakespeare Gallery, Pall Mallm & No 90 Cheapside.
Stipple. 320 x 420mm (12½ x 16½"). Trimmed to plate, top right corner torn, bit messy in margins.
The infant Shakespeare sitting on a basket covered by a sheet beneath a tree, Tragedy holding a pipe which he plays. The smiling Comedy is Emma Hamilton, Romney's muse, wife of Sir William Hamilton and lover of Horatio Nelson.
[Ref: 44285] £160.00