Cropped comic vignette from Pericles, Prince of Tyre.

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Title

Cropped comic vignette from Pericles, Prince of Tyre.

Creator

Barbarian Press and Simon Brett (engraver)

Date

2010

Rights Holder

Special Collections, University of Victoria

Rights

Special Collections, University of Victoria

Subject

Typography, typesetting, movable type, Shakespeare, fine-press, woodcuts, page-design.

Description

A cropped image from a two page spread, featuring Simon Brett's comic vignettes of Antiochus' incestuous relationship and the severed heads of potential courters for his daughter. The type-setting was performed by Crispin Elsted. The paper is Zerkal paper.

Source

Special Collections, University of Victoria, PR2830 A2E469 2010

Publisher

Barbarian Press

Contributor

GB

Format

w19cm x h33cm

Language

English

Type

Text

Date Created

18 November 2017

Bibliographic Citation

William Shakespeare. The Play of Pericles Prince of Tyre. Edited by Cripsin Elsted, Barbarian Press, 2010.

Files

Photo_CroppedComicVignetteandPortraitPericles_Nov8:17.jpg

Citation

Barbarian Press and Simon Brett (engraver), “Cropped comic vignette from Pericles, Prince of Tyre.,” UVic Libraries Omeka Classic, accessed June 1, 2022, https://omeka.library.uvic.ca/items/show/1232.

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