Scene from the Merry wives of Windsor, act 4, scene 2 [art original].

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Title: Scene from the Merry wives of Windsor, act 4, scene 2 [art original].
Alternative Title: Falstaff's escape
Creator: Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811, artist
Published / Created: [ca. 1792?]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: Scene from Shakespeare's Merry wives of Windsor, act 4, scene 2.
Description: Title devised by cataloger.
Inscribed by artist on verso: Merry Wives of Windsor / Act 4- Scene 2nd / Fal[staff. No, I'll come no more i'th basket / may I not go out to[o] soon / Mrs. Page. Alas, three of another Fr[ien]ds brother." [From dealer's description].
For further information, consult library staff.
Provenance: Formerly owned [ca. 1791] by the Duchess of York. Later owned by John C. Riely. Purchased from Northeast Auctions, November 2011.
Extent: 1 drawing : visible 323 x 447 mm, in frame 516 x 640 mm
Language: English

Genre: Watercolors (visual works)
Material: pencil, pen and ink with watercolor ; and paper i n an eighteenth-century carved gilt wood frame.
Subject (Name): Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Subject (Topic): Falstaff, John, Sir (Fictitious character)
Comedies
Subjects: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Falstaff, John, Sir (Fictitious character)
Comedies
Riely, John C. > Ownership

Access: Public
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