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Decorative Works on Paper

Wed, Aug 9, 2017 02:00PM EDT - Thu, Aug 10, 2017 02:00PM EDT
Lot 31

J&J BOYDELL, PUBLISHERS: AS YOU LIKE IT; MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING; MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR; TAMING OF THE SHREW; AND TWO GENTLEM

Estimate: $75 - $100
Sold for
$50
Sold Price excludes BP

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Five engravings on wove paper, 1792-1798. As You Like It 10 3/4 x 6 3/4 in. (image), 17 x 12 in. (sheet); Taming 10 1/2 x 6 1/2 in. (image), 17 1/4 x 11 1/2 in. (sheet); Verona 10 3/4 x 6 3/4 in. (image), 17 x 11 1/2 in. (sheet); Much Ado 11 x 6 3/4 in. (image), 17 1/4 x 11 3/4 in. (sheet); and Merry 10 3/4 x 6 3/4 in. (image), 17 1/2 x 11 3/4 in. (sheet); all unframed. Note: A similar engraving of Two Gentlemen of Verona exists in the National Galleries of Scotland with the same image, labelled "Act III Scene IV". Condition: All with margins, some with deckel edges; all with foxing, staining and surface soiling; a few with tears and creasing at the sheet edges.,