Mathematical merry thoughts [graphic].
1830
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Title
Mathematical merry thoughts [graphic].
Created/published
London : Harrison Isaacs, 1830.
Description
1 item ; 9 x 10 inches
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Genre/form
Prints (visual works)
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Item Details
Call number
FAST ACC 272197
Folger-specific note
From dealer's description: "Mathematical Merry Thoughts, Plate 1. [Shakespeare, William]; Wright, E. (illustrator); Hunt, F.C. (engraver). Publisher: Harrison Isaacs Location: London Date: 1830. London: Harrison Isaacs, 1830. The first in a series of popular English caricature prints depicting figures constructed out of geometric shapes and solids, captioned with lines from Shakespeare's plays. A man with a sphere for a torso and cubes for thighs looks down and comments, in the words of Richard III: "Upon my life she finds, altho' I cannot, / Myself to be a marvellous proper man." An elegantly proportioned polyhedral lady invokes the messenger in The Merchant of Venice: "I have not seen / So likely an ambassador of love." A striking hand-colored print, mining the comic intersection of mathematics and poetry. Hand-colored etching and aquatint, measuring 9 x 10 inches. Faint spotting, dash of paint to verso. Ordered from: Honey & Wax Booksellers, D9551, 2021-11-22, ABAA Virtual Book Fair: Boston Edition November 18-20, 2021.