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"The justice, with eye severe and beard of formal cut", As you like it, act II, sc. 7 [graphic] / F.O.C. Darley.

Darley, Felix Octavius Carr, 1822-1888, artist.; Darley, Felix Octavius Carr, 1822-1888. Darley gallery of Shakespearean illustrations.; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Works. 1888.; Darley, Jane Colburn, active 1859-1909, former owner.
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Digital image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library ART Box D221 no.4

Title
"The justice, with eye severe and beard of formal cut", As you like it, act II, sc. 7 [graphic] / F.O.C. Darley.
Created/published
[1884?]
Description
1 drawing : pen and ink ; irreg image 291 x 212 mm, on sheet 471 x 369 mm
Associated name
Darley, Felix Octavius Carr, 1822-1888, artist.
Darley, Felix Octavius Carr, 1822-1888. Darley gallery of Shakespearean illustrations.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Works. 1888.
Darley, Jane Colburn, active 1859-1909, former owner.
Material base
Bristol board
Note
Title derived from penciled note beneath image, lower right corner. Drawing is signed within image, lower left corner.

Date based on earliest published version of work.

History: This design was also executed in india ink wash and reproduced as a photogravure for the 'Darley gallery of Shakespearean illustration', published by Stoddart in New York and Philadelphia, 1884. The 1888 Bryant edition of Shakespeare, published by Amies, also contained this photogravure. FSL has the wash drawing, see ART Box D221 no.32. Copies of the resulting photogravure may be found in ART Vol. f80 and PR 2752 1888e Sh.Col.

Provenance: Drawing is listed as no. 442 in S. J. Henkel's Jan, 1909 catalog. Fur further provenance information see record for Darley, F.O.C. Darley gallery of Shakespeare.
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Digital image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library ART Box D221 no.4
Genre/form
Book illustrations.
Drawings (visual works)

Call number
ART Box D221 no.4 (size L)

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