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The Taming of the Shrew

Maker

(artist)
1755-1834

(engraver)
1757-1834

(publisher)
1757-1834

Title

The Taming of the Shrew

Date of Production

1.3.1802

Medium

Ink on paper

Dimensions

Height: 22.8 cm
Width: 16.3 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.5592

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Library, transfer, 1990

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

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Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Inscriptions

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower left margin & recto : : Painted by T. Stothard R.A. //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower right margin & recto : : Engraved by J. Heath A. Historical Engraver to his Majesty //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower centre inside image & recto : : THE TAMING OF THE SHREW / Pet. See, where she comes, and brings your froward wives / As prisoners to her womanly persuasion. / Act 5, Sc. 2 //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower centre margin & recto : : Publish'd May 1, 1803, by J. Heath, Russell Place, Fitzroy Square and G. [ampersand] J. Robinson, Paternoster Row. //

Inscription: inscription : stamped : upper centre margin & recto : later Witt inscription : WITT / LIBRARY 1972 //

Inscription: inscription : stamped : lower centre margin & recto : : HAMPSTEAD PUBLIC LIBRARIES / LOCAL COLLECTION. / H. J. CORNISH COLLECTION. / 1928. //

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