Event Comment: This day publish'd at 3s. Printed on Five sheets of superfine paper, Five Principal
Scenes in
Romeo and Juliet, designed, drawn, and engraved by
Mr Ant. Walker. Printed and sold by
John Tinney, at
the Golden Lion in
Fleet St. The drawing and Engraving of
the three following Plays of
Shakespeare are in great forwardness, and
the scenes of each play will be sold at a time:
1 Henry IV,
2 Henry IV,
Merry Wives.
These plates will serve for
Mr Pope's edition of Shakespeare in quarto,
Sir Thomas Hanmer's edn. 6 Vol. quarto, or for any of
the Folio editions. And may be framed and glazed for furniture.
There will be a few sets neatly coloured for Gentlemen and Ladies who chuse
them so (
Public Advertiser). [A set of
these prints is available in
the Folger Shakespeare Library.
The Five Principal
Scenes were:
The scene in
Capulet's Housev where
Romeo kisses
Juliet 's hand;
the Balcony Scenev ;
the scene in which
Friar Lawrence hurries
the young couple off to be married;
the Apothecary scenev ; and
the death scenev . If, as may be,
these
scenes were taken from--as
they were certainly stimulated by--
the Barry-
Nossiter production,
they may present a good likness of
Maria Isabella Nossiter, who so captivated
London that season. If, also,
they were taken from
the theatre production,
they give evidence that Barry used a balcony, not only a window.
Performances
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