Second Part of King Henry the Sixth, Act III, Scene III
1792
Artist, British, 1760/1761 - 1814
Publisher, British, 1752 - 1817
Artist After, British, 1723 - 1792
Caroline Watson, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
Attributed to
Artwork overview
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Medium
etching and engraving on laid 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: 57.5 × 41 cm (22 5/8 × 16 1/8 in.)
sheet: 86 × 58.8 cm (33 7/8 × 23 1/8 in.) -
Accession Number
2017.53.42
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(Campbell Fine Art, London, 2 August 1997); Donald Vogler, Portland, OR; gift to NGA, 2017.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
lower left in plate: Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds; lower cetner in plate: SHAKSPEARE. / Second Part of Henry VI, / ACT III, SCENE III / Publish'd Augt. 1. 1792, by John & Josiah Boydell, at the Shakspeare Gallery Pall Mall, & No. 90, Cheapside London; War. See how the pangs of death do make him grin... / ...He dies and makes no sign: --O God forgive him; lower right in plate: Engraved by Caro. Watson / Engraver to her Majesty.
Wikidata ID
Q77259416