Print made by Robert Thew, 1758–1802, British, King Richard III: Act III, Scene I (The Meeting of Edward V and His Brother, Richard, Duke of York), 1789
- Title:
- King Richard III: Act III, Scene I (The Meeting of Edward V and His Brother, Richard, Duke of York)
- Former Title(s):
- Richard III: Act III, Scene I, London
- Date:
- 1789
- Materials & Techniques:
- Stipple engraving and aquatint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 20 1/8 × 29 3/8 inches (51.1 × 74.6 cm), Plate: 19 3/4 × 24 3/4 inches (50.2 × 62.9 cm), Image: 17 3/8 × 23 1/4 inches (44.1 × 59.1 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, upper left: "67"; inscribed on verso, lower right: "Richard III"
Lettered below image, lower left: "Painted by Jas. Northcote"; lower center: "Publish'd Sepr. 1st. 1789, by John & Josiah Boydell, at the Shakspeare Gallery Pall Mall, & No 90, Cheapside London. | SHAKSPEARE."; lower right: "Aqua fortis, Thew. fecit."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.20027
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- armor | brothers | children | embrace | literary theme | princes | Richard III, play by William Shakespeare | royalty | soldiers
- Associated People:
- Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:46688
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Mark (Andrew Mark), Ledbury, James Northcote, history painting, and the Fables, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 2014, pp. 67-68, fig. 59, NJ18.N79 L43 2014 (YCBA) [YCBA]
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