Two Gentlemen of Verona (Shakespeare, Act V, Scene IV)
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
Image: 7 11/16 × 5 3/4 in. (19.6 × 14.6 cm) Sheet: 10 1/2 × 8 3/8 in. (26.7 × 21.2 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
Accession Number
17.3.887-70
Tags
MenWomenShakespeare
About the Artist
Thomas Stothard|William Henry Watt · 1755–1834
Thomas Stothard RA (1755–1834) was born on 17 August 1755 at the Black Horse Inn in London's Long Acre, the son of a prosperous publican originally from Stutton near Tadcaster. A delicate child, he was sent at age five to relatives in Yorkshire, attending schools in Acomb, Tadcaster, and later Ilford, Essex, where he honed his drawing skills by copying prints. Following his father's death in 1770,...