[Henry IV] The Parting of Hotspur and Lady Percy. [&] Henry and Emma.To Lady Williams Wynne, This Print after an Original Drawing by H. Bunbury Esq.r is with the greatest respect Dedicated by her Ladyships most obedient humble Servant W. Dickinson.
H. Bunbury Esq.r Delin.t. W. Dickinson Excudit.
London, Publish'd June 26th, 1784 by W. Dickinson Engraver & Printseller No 158 New Bond Street.
Scarce pair of stipples, printed in sepia. Sheets 580 x 460mm (22¾ x 18"). Trimmed to platemarks, laid on album paper at corners.
A pair of scenes of parting couples. The first shows Sir Henry Percy (1364-1403) leaving to meet his end at the Battle of Shrewsbury, as narrated by Shakespeare. The second is apparently a scene from Sir Henry Bate Dudley's 'Henry and Emma, a new poetical interlude: altered from Prior's Nut brown maid'.
[Ref: 54539] £680.00
London, Publish'd June 26th, 1784 by W. Dickinson Engraver & Printseller No 158 New Bond Street.
Scarce pair of stipples, printed in sepia. Sheets 580 x 460mm (22¾ x 18"). Trimmed to platemarks, laid on album paper at corners.
A pair of scenes of parting couples. The first shows Sir Henry Percy (1364-1403) leaving to meet his end at the Battle of Shrewsbury, as narrated by Shakespeare. The second is apparently a scene from Sir Henry Bate Dudley's 'Henry and Emma, a new poetical interlude: altered from Prior's Nut brown maid'.
[Ref: 54539] £680.00