Clarence's Dream (Shakespeare, Richard III, Act 1, Scene 4) 1774 William Blake British When just seventeen, Blake engraved this design by Stothard for William Enfield's "The Speaker, or Miscellaneous Pieces Selected from the Best English Writers." Kneeling in the foreground, the Duke of Clarence looks over his shoulder at an accusing spirit chillingly described in Shakespeare's Richard III:Then came wand'ring by, A shadow like an Angel, with bright hair Dabbled in blood, and he shriek'd aloud: "Clarence is come, false, fleeting perjur'd Clarence, That stabb'd me in the field by Tewkesbury, Sei
Clarence's Dream (Shakespeare, Richard III, Act 1, Scene 4) 1774 William Blake British When just seventeen, Blake engraved this design by Stothard for William Enfield's "The Speaker, or Miscellaneous Pieces Selected from the Best English Writers." Kneeling in the foreground, the Duke of Clarence looks over his shoulder at an accusing spirit chillingly described in Shakespeare's Richard III:Then came wand'ring by, A shadow like an Angel, with bright hair Dabbled in blood, and he shriek'd aloud: "Clarence is come, false, fleeting perjur'd Clarence, That stabb'd me in the field by Tewkesbury, Seize on him, furies, take him to your torments!". Clarence's Dream (Shakespeare, Richard III, Act 1, Scene 4) 383681 Engraver: William Blake, British, London 1757?1827 London, Artist: After Thomas Stothard, British, London 1755?1834 London, Publisher: John Johnson, London St. Paul's Churchyard, Subject: William Shakespeare, British, Stratford-upon-Avon 1564?1616 Stratford-upon-Avon, Clarence's Dream (Shakespeare, Richard III, Act 1, Scene 4), 1774, Engraving, plate: 4 7/8 x 2 7/8 in. ( x cm) sheet: 6 7/16 x 3 5/8 in. ( x cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917 ()
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