Cropped portrait of old Pericles from Pericles, Prince of Tyre.
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Title
Cropped portrait of old Pericles 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 of Simon Brett's portrait of an aged Pericles with Crispin Elsted's type-set beneath, all on Zerkal paper. Brett carved the image from wood supplied by Barbarian Press. There are a series of these portraits throughout the book to visually chronicle Pericles' gradual aging throughout the narrative.
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
Citation
Barbarian Press and Simon Brett (engraver), “Cropped portrait of old Pericles from Pericles, Prince of Tyre.,” UVic Libraries Omeka Classic, accessed June 1, 2022, https://omeka.library.uvic.ca/items/show/1240.
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