Name: Antique Master Print-DUEL-AGUECHEEK-VIOLA-TWELFTH-NIGHT-Knight-Bunbury-1788
SKU: PCO-4738
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Antique Master Print-DUEL-AGUECHEEK-VIOLA-TWELFTH-NIGHT-Knight-Bunbury-1788

€395.00

‘THE DUEL BETWEEN SIR ANDREW AGUE CHEEK & VIOLA / H. BUNBURY ESQ. DELIN. / C. KNIGHT FECIT / LONDON, PUBLISHED MARCH 10, 1788, BY W. DICKINSON, ENGRAVER, BOND STREET’

– A theatrical and humorous scene: Sir Andrew Aguecheek, with exaggerated fear, is pushed into a duel against a disguised Viola. Onlookers and supporting characters in dramatic poses fill the room. Lavishly costumed in 18th-century style.

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Description

Medium: Stipple engraving with hand colouring on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 54.2 x 42 cm (21.34 x 16.54 inch). Image size: 54.2 x 42 cm. (21.34 x 16.54 inch).

Condition: very good, given age. Light foxing, creasing and soiling. Trimmed to plate with some tiny tears in paper edges. Ghosting from previous matting. Remains of paper on rear from attachment. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

SHAKESPEARE, TWELFTH NIGHT, VIOLA, SIR ANDREW, DUEL SCENE, BUNBURY, 18TH-CENTURY THEATRE, STIPPLE ENGRAVING, BRITISH PRINT | PCO-B2-35

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

After a drawing by H.W. Bunbury; engraved by C. Knight; published by William Dickinson, London, 1788.

Reference: V&A Museum Theatre & Performance Collection, acc. S.4530-2009.

Biography engraver: Charles Knight (1743-c.1826) was a British engraver known for his stipple engravings and collaborations with leading artists of his time.

Biography artist: Henry William Bunbury (1750-1811) was a British caricaturist and amateur draughtsman best known for humorous and theatrical subjects, often reproduced in popular engravings.