Prints: P1344

Title

Miss Julia St George as Ariel

Technique

Engraving

Subject

St. George, Julia

Character

Ariel (Tempest)

Artist

Sherratt, Thomas [ Print made by ]
Paine, William [ Copy after ]

Dimensions

height: 26.8cm
weight: 18cm

Inscription/signature

"MISS JULIA ST. GEORGE. / AS / ARIEL. / ARI: Where the bee sucks, there suck I ; / In a cowslip's bell I lie : / TEMPEST. / Act 5, Sc1. / Engraved by Sherratt from a Daguerreotype by Paine of Islington. / THE LONDON PRINTING AND PUBLISHING COMPANY."

Provenance

Presented by Mr Michael Gaunt, March 2023.

Other number

E0136

Print of actress Julia St. George as Ariel from Act 5, Scene 1 of 'The Tempest' by William Shakespeare. Engraved by Thomas Sherratt after a Daguerreotype by William Paine of Islington. She is depicted full length and standing in a woodland backdrop. She wears a fairy-like costume of a short-sleeved knee-length dress with angel wings. She gazes to her left and has her arms outstretched in the same direction.