Description Medium: Etching, line and stipple engraving on wove (vellin) paper. Sheet size: 48.9 x 42.2 cm (19.25 x 16.61 inch). Image size: 48.9 x 42.2 cm. (19.25 x 16.61 inch). Condition: good, given age. Light foxing, creasing and soiling. Some tears in top margin and bottom right, backed. Rear with remains of captions attached. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully. SHAKESPEARE, TWELFTH NIGHT, SIR TOBY, SIR ANDREW, CLOWN, TOMKINS, BUNBURY, 18TH-CENTURY, STIPPLE ENGRAVING, BRITISH THEATRE | PCO-B2-36 BACKGROUND INFORMATION After a drawing by H.W. Bunbury; engraved by P.W. Tomkins; published 1792. Reference: Yale Center for British Art, inv. B1976.1.205. Biography engraver: Peltro William Tomkins (c. 1760-1840) was a British engraver known for refined stipple engravings, often illustrating literary and theatrical scenes. Appointed engraver to Queen Charlotte. Biography artist: Henry William Bunbury (1750-1811) was a British caricaturist and amateur artist known for humorous and theatrical scenes. His works were popular among printmakers in the late 18th century.
