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Ben. "Only foul words; and thereupon I will kiss thee", Beat. "Therefore I will depart unkissed", Much ado about nothing, act V, scene II F.O.C. Darley, 1884.
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Description
Folger copy
ART
Box
D221
no.26
(size
L)
Creator
Darley, Felix Octavius Carr, 1822-1888, artist.
Title
Ben
. "
Only
foul
words
; and
thereupon
I
will
kiss
thee
",
Beat
. "
Therefore
I
will
depart
unkissed
",
Much
ado
about
nothing
,
act
V
,
scene
II
F.O.C
.
Darley
,
1884
.
Date
[1884]
Physical description
1
drawing
:
indian
ink
wash
with
white
pigment
highlights
;
image
372
x
283
mm
.
Notes
Title
derived
from
penciled
notes
beneath
image
.
–
This
drawing
is
part
of a
set
of
30
Darley
illustrations
which
were
reproduced
as
photogravures
and
published
in
New
York
and
Philadelphia
by
Stoddart
. The
photogravures
were
sold
,
30
plates
in a
box
,
folio
size
, with an
imprint
dated
1884
,
under
the
title
'
Darley
gallery
of
Shakespearean
illustration
'.
Plates
were
issued
in
color
and in
black
and
white
(some
of
which
were
filmed
through
color
filters)
. A
Shakespeare
edition
,
published
in
New
York
by
Amies
in
1888
, also
contained
these
30
illustrations
along
with
designs
by A.
Chappell
. The
title
page
of the
Amies
edition
notes
that the
illustrations
are
photogravures
after
wash
drawings
by
Darley
.
Copies
of the
photogravures
can
be
found
in
FSL
ART
Vol
f80
and
ART
Inv
.
447
(colored)
and
448
. The
Shakespeare
edition
with
Darley
illustrations
is
PR
2752
1888e
Sh.Col
.
–
Provenance
:
Drawings
(ART
Box
D221
no.22-51)
were
sold
by
S
.
Henkels
in
January
,
1909
,
along
with the
library
of
Lewis
C
.
Gratz
.
Drawings
are
listed
at the
end
of the
sale
catalog
where
it
is
noted
that they were
being
sold
by
order
of
Darley's
widow
. The
above
noted
drawings
are
lot
no.437
in the
catalog
. The
items
were
purchased
by the
Folgers
from a
Freeman
Co
.
sale
in
Philadelphia
,
June
22
,
1909
.
(Formerly
ART
Inv
.
445
&
444)
.
Summary
Depicts
Beatrice
and
Benedick
in the
garden
.
Subject
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Much ado about nothing. Act 5. Scene 2, depicted.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 – Characters – Beatrice, depicted.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 – Characters – Benedick, depicted.
Beatrice (Fictitious character : Shakespeare), depicted.
Benedick (Fictitious character : Shakespeare), depicted.
Genre - Form
Book illustrations – 19th century.
Drawings – 19th century.
Associated name
Darley, Felix Octavius Carr, 1822-1888. Darley gallery of Shakespearean illustrations.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Works. 1888.
Darley, Jane Colburn, fl. 1859-1909, former owner.
OCLC number
658204872
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