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'Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player, that struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more. Shakespear's Macbeth' / I.H. sculp.

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'Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player, that struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more. Shakespear's Macbeth' / I.H. sculp.
[1738?]
Peel 0208
Published: 
[1738?]
Provenance: 
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Inscription: 

In pencil, lower left: J. Yarrow; Comedian 1738.

Notes: 

Book illustration: frontispiece.
Text offset on print. This text, and the pencilled date, tentatively suggests that the publication from which this print was removed may have been: Y., J. A choice collection of poetry by the most ingenious men of the age; ... collected from original manuscripts. 2 vol. York, 1738.

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Drawings and Prints