Shylock's House–Shylock, Jessica and Launcelot (Shakespeare, Merchant of Venice, Act 2, Scene 5)
first published 1795; reissued 1852
Medium
Stipple engraving
Dimensions
Image: 21 13/16 x 15 11/16 in. (55.4 x 39.8 cm) Plate: 25 1/2 × 19 5/8 in. (64.8 × 49.8 cm) Sheet: 27 7/8 × 21 7/8 in. (70.8 × 55.5 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gertrude and Thomas Jefferson Mumford Collection, Gift of Dorothy Quick Mayer, 1942
Accession Number
42.119.544
Tags
About the Artist
Shearjashub Spooner|John & Josiah Boydell|William Shakespeare|Peter Simon|Robert Smirke (American|British|British|British) · 1809 |1760 |1786 |1564 –1859 |1797 |1804 |1616
American, Brandon, Vermont 1809–1859 Plainfield, New Jersey|British, ca. 1765–1797 London|British, 1786–1804|British, Stratford-upon-Avon 1564–1616 Stratford-upon-Avon