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An album of drawings of subjects from Shakespeare, Milton, Cervantes and Scott, studies for illustrations in The Spectator and architectural drawings including: Othello; Shylock; Romeo; Measure for Measure; Hamlet; Cleopatra; Much Ado About Nothing; Midsummer Night's Dream; Falstaff and the Merry Wives of Windsor; Henry VI; Lear and Cordelia; Katherine's Dream; The Vicar of Wakefield; Don Juan; Boccaccio; and Ivanhoe
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John Massey Wright, O.W.S. (1777-1866)
An album of drawings of subjects from Shakespeare, Milton, Cervantes and Scott, studies for illustrations in The Spectator and architectural drawings including: Othello; Shylock; Romeo; Measure for Measure; Hamlet; Cleopatra; Much Ado About Nothing; Midsummer Night's Dream; Falstaff and the Merry Wives of Windsor; Henry VI; Lear and Cordelia; Katherine's Dream; The Vicar of Wakefield; Don Juan; Boccaccio; and Ivanhoe
all signed 'J.M.W.' (lower right) and inscribed variously as title
pencil and wash (116); pencil, pen and ink (34); watercolour (25); pencil (8); 183 sheets laid down at the corners or between the pages of the album
6¾ x 5.1/8in. (17.2 x 13.1cm.); and smaller; the album 11.3/8 x 9.3/8in. (30 x 24.6cm.)
An album of drawings of subjects from Shakespeare, Milton, Cervantes and Scott, studies for illustrations in The Spectator and architectural drawings including: Othello; Shylock; Romeo; Measure for Measure; Hamlet; Cleopatra; Much Ado About Nothing; Midsummer Night's Dream; Falstaff and the Merry Wives of Windsor; Henry VI; Lear and Cordelia; Katherine's Dream; The Vicar of Wakefield; Don Juan; Boccaccio; and Ivanhoe
all signed 'J.M.W.' (lower right) and inscribed variously as title
pencil and wash (116); pencil, pen and ink (34); watercolour (25); pencil (8); 183 sheets laid down at the corners or between the pages of the album
6¾ x 5.1/8in. (17.2 x 13.1cm.); and smaller; the album 11.3/8 x 9.3/8in. (30 x 24.6cm.)