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The tempest / JT [monogram] ; Swain sc.

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John Tenniel
1820-1914

The tempest / JT [monogram] ; Swain sc.

[London : s.n., ca. 1878?]
wood engraving
image: 163 x 123 mm; sheet: 284 x 223 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.1019
Notes
Proof of a wood engraving by Swain of an unpublished illustration by Tenniel for Shakespeare's The tempest, probably created ca. 1878 for an abortive edition of Shakesepeare's works that was to have been illustrated by Tenniel and published by Bradbury and Evans.
Ray and others identify the Dalziel Brothers as the engraver; however, the Morgan Library copy of this illustration is signed in the block with the characteristic signature of the engraving firm of Joseph Swain.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed in pencil at foot: Sir J. Tenniel Unpublished.
Provenance

From the library of Gordon N. Ray.

Summary

Illustration shows Trinculo and Stephano accompanied by Caliban, with a diaphanous Ariel hovering unseen behind them.

Associated names
Swain, Joseph Blomeley, 1844- engraver.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Artist
Classification
Department
Century prints