The Nine Worthies after R. Hillingford - Original Steel Engraving - 1876
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Original 1876 engraving of The Nine Worthies: the courtly entertainment before a lady enthroned under a canopy, with the armored knight presenting his shield. Engraved by Peter Lightfoot after a painting by Robert Alexander Hillingford, published by Virtue & Co.
Original 1876 engraving of The Nine Worthies: the courtly entertainment before a lady enthroned under a canopy, with the armored knight presenting his shield. Engraved by Peter Lightfoot after a painting by Robert Alexander Hillingford, published by Virtue & Co.
The scene illustrates Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost, Act V, when Holofernes proposes presenting the Nine Worthies before the princess: the nine exemplary heroes of medieval tradition, three pagans, three Jews and three Christians.
Medium: Steel engraving.
Artist / after: Robert Alexander Hillingford (1828-1904).
Engraver: Peter Lightfoot (1805-1885).
Date: 1876.
Source: Virtue & Co., London.
Dimensions: Image 8.8 x 12.8 in (22.4 x 32.6 cm).
Condition: Good. Clean paper with wide margins; a slight foxing spot in the left margin.
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Original 1876 engraving of The Nine Worthies: the courtly entertainment before a lady enthroned under a canopy, with the armored knight presenting his shield. Engraved by Peter Lightfoot after a painting by Robert Alexander Hillingford, published by Virtue & Co.