Prints: P1346

Title

Mr Atkins and Miss Cross as Grumio and Curtis

Technique

Engraving

Subject

Atkins, Edward
Cross, Emily

Character

Grumio : Taming of the Shrew
Curtis : Taming of the Shrew

Dimensions

height: 26.9cm
width: 17.7cm

Inscription/signature

"MR. ATKINS AND MISS CROSS. / ( OF THE T. R. BIRMINGHAM ) / AS GRUMIO AND CURTIS. / CUR: Both on one horse? / GRU: What's that to thee? tell thou the tale / TAMING OF THE SHREW. / Act 4. Sc1. / THE LONDON PRINTING AND PUBLISHING COMPANY"

Provenance

Presented by Mr Michael Gaunt, March 2023.

Other number

E0136

Print of Edward Atkins and Emily Cross as Grumio and Curtis from Act 4 Scene 1 of 'The Taming of the Shrew' by William Shakespeare. They are both depicted full length and standing in a house interior. Atkins wears an Elizabethan or Jacobean style servant costume of a patterned doublet, matching breeches, stockings with ribbon, and a ruff. Cross wears a floor-length dress with long striped sleeves and patterned apron over the top as well as buckled shoes, a conical hat and she holds a staff with both hands.