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The Comedy of Errors

Woodcut
1939 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Colour woodcut, signed in pencil 'John Austen', and inscribed with Act numbers.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleThe Comedy of Errors (generic title)
Materials and techniques
woodcut
Brief description
Frontispiece and illustrations (5) to Acts 1 to 5 of Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors by John Archibald Austen (1886-1948). Published by the Limited Editions Club, New York. Colour wood-cuts, 1939.
Physical description
Colour woodcut, signed in pencil 'John Austen', and inscribed with Act numbers.
Dimensions
  • Height: 9in
  • Width: 5.625in
Dimensions taken from Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Dimensions taken from: Department of Paintings, Accessions 1951. London: HMSO, 1962.
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'John Austen' (Each signed in pencil)
  • (Each inscribed with Act numbers.)
Subjects depicted
Association
Literary reference'The Comedy of Errors' by Shakespeare
Associated objects
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1951 London: HMSO, 1962.
Collection
Accession number
E.68-1951

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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