Prints: P1367

Title

Miss Woolgar as Rosalind

Technique

Engraving

Subject

Mellon, Sarah Jane

Character

Rosalind : As You Like It

Artist

The London Printing and Publishing Company [ Print made by ]
Greatbach, George Mayall, John Jabez Edwin

Dimensions

height: 28cm
width: 18.2cm

Inscription/signature

"MISS WOOLGAR AS ROSALIND. / ROS: "But, in good sooth, are you he that hangs the verses / on the trees, wherein Roalind is so admired ?" / AS YOU LIKE IT. / Act 3. Sc 2. / Engraved by G. Greatbach from a Daguerreotype by Mayall. / THE LONDON PRINTING AND PUBLISHING COMPANY"

Provenance

Presented by Mr Michael Gaunt, March 2023.

Other number

E0136

Print of actress Sarah Jane Woolgar (later Mellon) as Rosalind in Act 3, Scene 2 of 'As You Like It' by William Shakespeare. Woolgar is depicted full length and standing facing the right in a countryside setting. She wears a dark coloured short-sleeved shirt over a long-sleeved white top which is tucked into a knee-length skirt with white and black border trim. She holds a long spear in her left hand and she wears a hat with hanging tassel. The image is set within a decorative frame.