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- Title:
- Mr. Macklin and Mrs. Pope in the Characters of Shylock and Portia
- Part Of:
- Date:
- 1789
- Materials & Techniques:
- Stipple engraving, etching, and line engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 22 1/16 x 16 1/4 inches (56.1 x 41.2 cm), Image: 19 x 15 inches (48.3 x 38.1 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, on back, upper center: "£4"; on back, lower left: "c (encircled)"
Lettered in black ink, lower left: "J. Boyne Pinxit. | Act 4. Scene 1."'; lower center: "MR: MACKLIN & MRS: POPE in the Characters of SHYLOCK & PORTIA. | Por. Have by some surgeon, Shylock, on your charge, to stop his wounds, lest he should bleed to death. | Shy. Is it so nominated in the bond? | London Published as the Act Directs April 1. 1789 by I. Boyne. Drawing Master & Engraver, No. 302. High Holborn."; lower right: "W. Nutter Sculpt. | Vide. Merchant of Venice"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1976.1.183
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- bench | breeches | cane | coats | costume | court (judicial body) | courtroom | cuffs (costume components) | gesture | judge | knife | literary theme | men | paper (document genre) | plays by William Shakespeare | relief | robes | ruffles | scale (weighing device) | talking | tassels | The Merchant of Venice, Act IV, Scene I | tricornes | waistcoats | wigs | woman
- Associated People:
- Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
Duke of Venice (character in The Merchant of Venice)
Macklin, Charles (1699?–1797), actor and playwright
Portia (character in The Merchant of Venice)
Shylock (character in The Merchant of Venice)
Antonio (character in The Merchant of Venice)
Bassiano (character in The Merchant of Venice)
Pope, Elizabeth (1739x45–1797), actress - 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:25431
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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. 7, 94, no. 19, PR2933 Y25 A74 c.1 (YCBA) [YCBA]