Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
King Henry IV.
Call Number
E South 14/GC021/Box 43/Oversize GA 2011.01377
Identifier
ark:/88435/dc2n49td559
Publisher
London : [s.n.], n.d.
Language
No linguistic content
Date Created
1795-1840
Extent
1 item ; sheet 50.7 x 36.5 cm [mount]. sheet 36.4 x 24.8 cm [print].
Source Acquisition
Gift of Dickson Q. Brown, Princeton University Class of 1895.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Medium: Etchings, Hand coloring
Depiction: Caricature illustration of Doll kissing Falstaff, from Henry IV, part 2, Act 2, Scene 4.
Inscribed in plate, below: "Falstaff--Thou dost give me flattering busses. Doll--Nay, freely I kiss thee with a constant heart. Fal--I am old, I am old. Doll--I love thee better than I love e'er a scurvy young boy of them all--vide Shakspeare".
Signed with image of Paul Pry [male figure with cane], lower left.

Discovery Information

Subject
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. King Henry IV—Caricatures and cartoons
Caricature
Falstaff, John, Sir (Fictitious character)—Caricatures and cartoons
Kissing—Caricatures and cartoons
English drama—16th century—Illustrations
English literature—16th century—Illustrations

Physical Characteristics

File Count
2

Institutional Information

Collection
Omega Project
Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/cb870a66-2f75-43ba-878e-3b5e244fdedd/manifest