Will Sommers, King Heneryes jester [graphic] / Fran. Del. scul.
1622
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Digital image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library ART 256- 916
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Title
Will Sommers, King Heneryes jester [graphic] / Fran. Del. scul.
Created/published
[London] : Are to be sould by Thomas Ienner at the Whit Beare in Cornewell, [between 1622 and 1627?]
Description
1 print : engraving ; 21.3 x 12 cm
Material base
paper
Summary
Sommers stands, full length, before a village square with various entertainers behind him: a man on stilts, a juggler, three tumblers, a man flying a kite, a man spinning a top. A boy is riding a hobby-horse and holding a sword, another boy has a hoop. There is also a small group of soldiers parading in formation. Sommers is wearing an elaborate coat with the letters "HR" (Henricus Rex) embroidered on the chest; a jester's cap is tucked into his belt., while he wears a flat hat with a white plume. He holds a horn in his right hand--Adapted from dealer's description.
Note
Date range based on publisher's trading dates (see British Book Trade Index) and death of engraver.
Two columns of verse inscribed in plate beneath image, beginning: What though thou thinkst mee clad in strange attire ...
Folger copy includes watermark: a bunch of grapes above the letters VM with two towers flanking the letters.
Two columns of verse inscribed in plate beneath image, beginning: What though thou thinkst mee clad in strange attire ...
Folger copy includes watermark: a bunch of grapes above the letters VM with two towers flanking the letters.
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2010. Vivat Rex! (catalog entry 42)
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Digital image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library ART 256- 916
Genre/form
Portraits, Male.
Prints.
Prints.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Item Details
Call number
ART 256- 916 (size S)
Folger-specific note
Trimmed within platemark. Adopted by Mary Eugenia Myer in memory of Mary Ridder Hartmann, Acquisitions Night 2004.
Folger accession
256916