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Print made by Augustus Fox, 1800–1876, British, The Dreams of the Youthful Shakespeare, 1827
- Title:
- The Dreams of the Youthful Shakespeare
- Part Of:
Collective Title: The Bijou; or Annual of Literature and the Arts
- Date:
- 1827
- Materials & Techniques:
- Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 6 1/4 × 3 15/16 inches (15.8 × 10 cm), Image: 3 1/2 × 2 11/16 inches (8.9 × 6.9 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, on back, upper right: "P 104"
Lettered in black ink, center left: "Painted by R. Westall R. A."; lower center: "THE DREAMS OF THE | YOUTHFUL SHAKESPEARE. | Published by William Pickering, Chancery Lane, Septr. 1. 1827."; center right: "Engraved by Augustus Fox."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1976.1.137
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- armor | boots | boy | breeches | capes | caps | cauldron | child | church | cloak | clouds | costume | crowns | doublet | dream | feathers | fire | flying | kings | literary theme | men | obese | plays | robe | sash | shield | smoke | spears | staffs (walking sticks) | sword | tunic | vision | witches | women
- Associated People:
- Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
characters
The Three Witches (characters in Macbeth)
Sir John Falstaff
Ariel (character in The Tempest)
Miranda (character in The Tempest)
Prospero (character in The Tempest) - Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
Note: The Study Room is open by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details. - Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:25380
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Shakespeare and British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-04-23 - 1981-07-05) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
Geoffrey Ashton, Shakespeare and British Art, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1981, pp. 54-5, no. 159, PR2933 Y25 A74 c.1 (YCBA) [YCBA]
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