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Charles Grignion (1721-1810)
Mr Edwin in Autolicus published 8 Jan 1785
Etching and engraving | 12.5 x 7.7 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 654026
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A print of John Edwin as Autolycus in Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale. He is shown full length, his face turned to the left, against a landscape background. He wears ragged garments, and he holds a purse in his extended left hand. This is a plate to John Bell's edition of Shakespeare.
For Bell's Shakespeare, see Kalman A. Burnim and Philip J. Highfill, John Bell, Patron of British Theatrical Portraiture. A Catalog of the Theatrical Portraits in His Editions of Bell's Shakespeare and Bell's British Theatre, 1998 -
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Etching and engraving
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12.5 x 7.7 cm (sheet of paper)
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O'D 5
