Europe, England, Jean P. Simon (British, before 1750 to ca. 1810) after Reverend Matthew William Peters (British, 1742 to 1814 ), "Much Ado About Nothing: Act III, Scene I, (Hero, Ursula, and Beatrice)" engraving, published by John Boydell (British, 1720 to 1804) and Josiah Boydell (British, 1752 to 1817), 1790 CE. A wonderful engraving of a scene from one of Shakespeare's best-loved comedies. The three characters, Hero, Ursula, and Beatrice, are in a garden. The women's clothing and hairstyles as well as the neoclassical urn on a pedestal in the garden place the scene firmly in the artist's contemporary Georgian period rather than Shakespeare's Tudor era. The women's faces are sensitively portrayed and the garden's details wonderfully atmospheric. Comes with frame. Size: 15.75" W x 22.25" H (40 cm x 56.5 cm); size in frame: Size: 25.5" W x 31.75" H (64.8 cm x 80.6 cm)

Matthew Williams Peters, born in Freshwater on the Isle of Wight. He was an English portrait painter and Anglican clergyman who was the chaplain to King George IV. His works were exhibited at the Society of Artists and at the Royal Academy in London from 1766 to 1769.

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#121705

Very small loss to etching in upper center. Frame has some wear to edges and on back.