[Much Ado About Nothing] Dogberry and Verges with the Watch. From the original drawing in the collection of Her Royal Highness the Duchess of York.
H. Bunbury Esq.r del. R.M. Meadows Sculp.t.
London, Publish'd Jan.y 1.st 1794 by Tho.s Macklin, Poets Gallery, Fleet Street.
Stipple with etching. 420 x 485mm (16½ x 19"). Area of loss in top margin just entering plate.
Dogberry, the chief of Messina's citizen-police, stands with members of his watch. His character was a satire of the English amateur policemen of the period. Spire of St. Pauls in background. A scene from 'Much Ado About Nothing', produced for 'Macklin's Shakespeare Gallery'.
[Ref: 64406] £180.00
London, Publish'd Jan.y 1.st 1794 by Tho.s Macklin, Poets Gallery, Fleet Street.
Stipple with etching. 420 x 485mm (16½ x 19"). Area of loss in top margin just entering plate.
Dogberry, the chief of Messina's citizen-police, stands with members of his watch. His character was a satire of the English amateur policemen of the period. Spire of St. Pauls in background. A scene from 'Much Ado About Nothing', produced for 'Macklin's Shakespeare Gallery'.
[Ref: 64406] £180.00
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