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Robert Hancock (1730-1817)
Henry Woodward in the Character of Mercutio in 'Romeo and Juliet'. after 1753
Etching and engraving | 40.4 x 27.6 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 664206
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A print of Henry Woodward as Mercutio in Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet. He is shown standing in a forest, full length, with his right hand raised to his nose and his left resting on his stomach. Mercutio's monologue on Queen Mab is beneath. This is a reworked state of the plate published by William Herbert in 1753, reissued by Robert Sayer and John Smith
Provenance
Purchased by George IV when Prince of Wales from William Holland, 1790, for 2s 6d (National Archives HO/73/20/1, f.6)
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Medium and techniques
Etching and engraving
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40.4 x 27.6 cm (sheet of paper)
35.0 x 24.8 cm (platemark)
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