Doll Tearsheet, Falstaff, Henry and Poins (Shakespeare, King Henry IV, Part 2, Act 2, Scene 4), March 25, 1795, Stipple engraving; published state, Image: 19 1/2 x 14 3/16 in. (49.6 x 36 cm), Prints, After Henry Fuseli (Swiss, Zürich 1741–1825 London), Fuseli was a life-long devotee of Shakespeare, first reading his works as a youth in Zurich, then sketching an elaborate mural scheme devoted to admired plays while in Rome during the 1770s. After settling in London, the artist contributed paintings to John Boydell's Shakespeare Gallery, launched in 1786 as an exhibition cum print-publishing scheme funded by subscribers
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Doll Tearsheet, Falstaff, Henry, Poins, Shakespeare, King Henry IV, Part 2, Act, Scene 4, March 25, 1795, Stipple engraving, published state, Image, 19 1/2 x 14 3/16, 49.6 36 cm, Prints, After Fuseli, Swiss, Zürich, 1741–1825, London, Fuseli, life-long devotee, first reading, works, youth, Zurich, sketching, elaborate mural scheme, devoted, admired plays, Rome, 1770s, settling, artist contributed, paintings, John Boydell, Shakespeare Gallery, launched, 1786, exhibition cum, print-publishing, scheme, funded, subscribers
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