Collection of original humorous drawings, captioned with quotations from Shakespeare [graphic].

England, 19th century.

12 drawings in 5 folders

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Great Britain -- England.

FAST ACC 272086

This is a PRELIMINARY RECORD. It may contain incorrect information. The "FAST ACC" number is a temporary call number. Please email catalog@folger.edu for assistance. From dealer's description: "35. [SHAKESPEARE.] A dozen original humorous drawings, captioned with quotations from Shakespeare. England, nineteenth century. 12 drawings in pen and ink, sometime affixed to mountboard (now browned); some browning to the drawings, and the board worn in places. The plays are: All’s well that ends well (‘He that needs go, that the Devil drives’), Coriolanus (‘Death, that dark spirit, in ’s nervy arm doth lie’), Hamlet (‘We do sugar o’er the Devil himself’, ‘A king of shreds and patches’), Julius Caesar (‘Cry havoc, and let slip the dogs of war’, ‘He doth bestride the narrow world’), King John (‘I am a scribbled form, drawn with a pen upon a parchment’), Macbeth (‘His heavy hand hath bow’d you to the grave’), Much ado about nothing (‘Time goes on crutches’), The Merchant of Venice (‘Lovers ever run before the clock’), Romeo and Juliet (‘O flesh, flesh, how art thou fishified!’), and Timon of Athens (‘Eyes have seen the foot above the head’)." Ordered from Simon Beattie Antiquarian Books, D9399, 2020-07-21, email quote.

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