unknown artist, Shakespeare Illustration: "Henry VIII", undated
- Title:
- Shakespeare Illustration: "Henry VIII"
- Date:
- undated
- Materials & Techniques:
- Watercolor and pen and ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 6 1/2 × 4 inches (16.5 × 10.2 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and black ink, lower center: "Read o'er this. | And after this; and then to breakfast, with | What appetite you may. | Act 3."
Lettered upper center: "KING HENRY VIII"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George E. Dix, Yale BA 1934, MA 1942
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1993.17.9
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- courtiers | Henry VIII, Act III, Scene II | Henry VIII, play by William Shakespeare | letters (correspondence) | literary theme | plays by William Shakespeare | swords | thrones
- Associated People:
- Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
Wolsey, Thomas (1470/71–1530), royal minister, archbishop of York, and cardinal
Henry VIII (1491–1547), king of England and Ireland - Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:4009
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