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"Sleepest or Wakest Thou?"
Two vignettes paired with lines from King Lear (Act 3, Scene 6)
Plate 10 from Songs of Shakespeare Illustrated by the Etching Club. Part 2: Songs and Ballads of Shakespeare (London, 1852)

Made in London, England, Europe

c. 1847-52

Richard Ansdell, English, 1815 - 1885

Etching printed in black and brown inks, with cast type/letter press in red ink
Plate: 11 13/16 x 8 9/16 inches (30 x 21.7 cm) Sheet: 14 7/8 x 10 15/16 inches (37.8 x 27.8 cm)

Currently not on view

1985-52-16783a,b

The Muriel and Philip Berman Gift, acquired from the John S. Phillips bequest of 1876 to the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, with funds contributed by Muriel and Philip Berman, gifts (by exchange) of Lisa Norris Elkins, Bryant W. Langston, Samuel S. White 3rd and Vera White, with additional funds contributed by John Howard McFadden, Jr., Thomas Skelton Harrison, and the Philip H. and A.S.W. Rosenbach Foundation, 1985

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