Beautiful, detailed steel engraving from the picture by Robert Hillingford.
From Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost. (the "worthies" being representatives of some of the great warriors of antiquity, real or mythicalñAlexander the Great, Hector, Hercules, and others).
Printed on heavyweight ivory/cream stock. Reverse side is blank.
Title (printed below image): The Nine Worthies
Publication: The Art Journal
Publication Year: 1876
Publisher: London: Virtue & Co., Ltd.
Approximate Page Size (in inches): 12.75 x 9
Approximate Image Size (in inches): 10 x 6.5
Condition: Excellent.
Library blind stamp* in margin goes very slightly into image area, but does not detract from the beauty of this print.
*blind stamp: A colorless impression that is embossed on paper.
