Miranda (Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act 1, Scene 2), 1784, Stipple engraving; printed in sepia ink, Sheet (trimmed within plate): 14 3/4 × 17 5/8 in. (37.5 × 44.8 cm), Prints, After Robert Edge Pine (British, London (?) 1720/30?–1788 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), The teenage Miranda, raised on a desert isle by her magician-father Prospero, here catches sight of the ship-wrecked youth Ferdinand and is dumbfounded by his beauty. Pine's related painting was shown in April 1782 at the Great Room, Spring Gardens with six other subjects from Shakespeare, with plans announced for related engravings 'in the chalk manner,' by Caroline Watson and Victor Marie Picot
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Miranda, Shakespeare, Tempest, Act 1, Scene 2, 1784, Stipple engraving, printed, sepia ink, Sheet, trimmed within plate, 14 3/4, 17 5/8, 37.5, 44.8 cm, Prints, After Robert Edge Pine, British, London, 1720/30?–1788, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, teenage, raised, desert isle, magician-father Prospero, catches sight, ship-wrecked youth, Ferdinand, dumbfounded, beauty, Pine, related painting, shown, April 1782, Great Room, Spring Gardens, six, subjects, plans announced, engravings, chalk manner, Caroline Watson, Victor Marie, Picot
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