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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, scarce progress proof before title. Sheet 395 x 480mm (15½ x 19"). Trimmed within plate, losing scratched publication line? Top right corner torn off, tear through blank inscription area taped, some creasing at edges.
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), after Henry William Bunbury (1750-1811), from the series 'Macklin's Shakespeare Gallery'.
See BM 1872,0511.127 for a proof, described as De Vesme 1831.I but with a stippled border not on this example.
[Ref: 64413] £130.00
[Published according to Act of Parliament by Thomas Macklin of the Poets Gallery London 1792.]
Stipple and etching, scarce progress proof before title. Sheet 395 x 480mm (15½ x 19"). Trimmed within plate, losing scratched publication line? Top right corner torn off, tear through blank inscription area taped, some creasing at edges.
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), after Henry William Bunbury (1750-1811), from the series 'Macklin's Shakespeare Gallery'.
See BM 1872,0511.127 for a proof, described as De Vesme 1831.I but with a stippled border not on this example.
[Ref: 64413] £130.00