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"I saw a smith stand with his hammer thus..." (Shakespeare, King John, Act 4, Scene 4)

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"I saw a smith stand with his hammer thus..." (Shakespeare, King John, Act 4, Scene 4)

Richard Houston|Edward Penny|Robert Sayer|William Shakespeare

Date
January 1771
Medium
Mezzotint
Dimensions
Sheet (trimmed within plate): 23 13/16 × 17 13/16 in. (60.5 × 45.2 cm)
Object type
Print
Classification
Prints
Object number
53.600.298
Credit line
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1953
Original Met record Artist authority

Artist information

Irish, Dublin 1721/22–1775 London|British, Knutsford, Cheshire 1714–1791 Chiswick|British, Sunderland 1725–1794 Bath|British, Stratford-upon-Avon 1564–1616 Stratford-upon-Avon

Subjects and terms

  • Shakespeare
  • Men
  • Hammers

The Met object ID 707783. The source CSV marks this record public domain, the official API identifies it as image-bearing, and the image was reverified as public domain before this page rendered.