King Henry the Fourth, Part Two, Act III, Scene ii, from The American Edition of Boydell's Illustrations of the Dramatic Works of Shakespeare, By the most eminent artists of Great Britain, Vol. II

Inscriptions

Inscribed, in plate, lower margin, center: Shakspeare. / Second Part of / King Henry the Fourth / Act III, Scene II. / Justice Shallon’s Seat in Gloucestershire. –Shallow, Silence, Falstaff, Bardolph, Boy, Mouldy, Shadow, Wart, Feeble, & Bull-calf. / Pubd. [d is superscript] Decr. [r is superscript] 1, 1798, by J & J. BOYDELL, at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall; & No. [o is superscript] 90, Cheapside.; inscribed, in plate, lower margin, far left: Painted by J. Durno.; numbered, in plate, lower margin, far left: 63; inscribed, in plate, lower margin, left: Fal. –Come, manage me your caliver. So: --very well: --go to: -- / very good: --exceeding good.—O, give me always a little; inscribed, in plate, lower margin, right: lean, old, chopp’d bald shot. –Well said, i’faith, / Wart: thou’rt a good scab: hold, there’s a tester for thee.; inscribed, in plate, lower margin, far right: Engraved by T. Ryder.

Provenance

Lilla Willey, Thefford Center, Vermont; given to present collection, 2013.

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