Shakespeare, Tempest, Act I, Scene II
1797
Artist, British, 1750 or before - c. 1810
Artist, Swiss, 1741 - 1825
Publisher, British, 1719 - 1804
Publisher, British, 1752 - 1817
Pierre Simon II, after Henry Fuseli
Artwork overview
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Medium
etching and engraving with stipple on wove paper
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Credit Line
Gift of Thomas Vogler in memory of his brother Donald J. Vogler
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Dimensions
plate: 50.2 × 63.7 cm (19 3/4 × 25 1/16 in.)
sheet: 59.5 × 74.2 cm (23 7/16 × 29 3/16 in.) -
Accession Number
2017.53.31
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(sale, Wechsler's Auctions, Washington, DC); Donald Vogler, Portland, OR; gift to NGA, 2017.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
lower left in plate: Painted by H. Fuseli, R.d. / 6 / Pro. For this, be sure, to-night thou shalt have cramps... / ...Shall, for that vast of night that they may work.; lower center in plate: SHAKSPEARE. / Tempest. / Act I. SCENE II. / The inchanted Island before the Cell of Prospero__ Prosepro. Miranda. Caliban. & Ariel / Publish'd Sept. 29, 1797, by J. & J. BOYDELL, at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall, & at No. 90, Cheapside; lower right in plate: ENgraved by I. P. Simon / All exercise on the; thou shalt be pinch'd... / ...Than bees that made them.
Wikidata ID
Q77259294