Hero Fainting in Church (Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, Act 4, Scene 1)
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Title: Hero Fainting in Church (Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, Act 4, Scene 1)
Series/Portfolio: The American edition of Boydell's Illustrations of the dramatic works of Shakespeare
Engraver:
Peter Simon (British, London ca. 1764–1813 Paris)
Artist:
After William Hamilton (British, London 1751–1801 London)
Publisher:
John & Josiah Boydell (British, 1786–1804)
Subject:
William Shakespeare (British, Stratford-upon-Avon 1564–1616 Stratford-upon-Avon)
Date: first published 1789; reissued 1852
Medium: Stipple engraving
Dimensions:
Plate: 19 3/16 × 25 in. (48.8 × 63.5 cm)
Sheet: 21 3/4 × 27 7/8 in. (55.2 × 70.8 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Gertrude and Thomas Jefferson Mumford Collection, Gift of Dorothy Quick Mayer, 1942
Accession Number: 42.119.532
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