Print made by William Skelton, 1763–1848, Britishafter James Northcote, 1746–1831, British
Title:
Richard III: Act IV, Scene III, Tower of London
Date:
1795
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 29 3/8 × 20 1/8 inches (74.6 × 51.1 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, upper right: "68"; inscribed on verso in blue pen, lower left: "Richard III"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.20028
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
children | armor | death | dead | literary theme | stairs | burial | gate | Richard III, play by William Shakespeare
Associated Places:
Tower of London
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Captive Bodies: British Prisons, 1750-1900 (Yale Center for British Art, 2018-08-27 - 2018-12-17)Painters and Engraving - The Reproductive Print from Hogarth to Wilkie (Yale Center for British Art, 1980-03-26 - 1980-06-22)
Publications:
Mark (Andrew Mark), Ledbury, James Northcote, history painting, and the Fables, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 2014, pp. 71-72, 73, fig. 62, NJ18.N79 L43 2014 (YCBA)