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Shakespeare: Timon Of Athens, Act IV, Scene Iii - Fine Art Print
Shakespeare: Timon Of Athens, Act IV, Scene Iii - Fine Art Print

Shakespeare: Timon Of Athens, Act IV, Scene Iii - Fine Art Print

Winning Bid
on 01/21/21
$16.00
Item #740744
Lot #17 of 128
Item Description

Shakspeare Fine art print

John Opie. “Timon of Athens, IV, iii. A Wood – Before Timon’s Cave. Timon, Alcibiades, Phrynia, Timandra.” Plate 86 from John Boydell’s The American Edition of Boydell’s Illustrations of Shakespeare, Restored to all the Pristine Beauty of the First Proofs. New York: Shearjashub Spooner, 106 Liberty St., 1852. Engraved by Robert Thew. Ca. 17 1/2 x 23 1/2. Very good condition.Beautiful piece
Expensive matting
34 inches long
28 inches tall
1.75 inches deep

About the content:
A Poet, Painter, and Jeweler come to Timon's house, hoping to sell him their wares, for Timon is a very generous man. Timon enters. He learns from a messenger that his friend Ventidius is in jail, so he sends money to pay for his freedom. He helps out several other citizens in need, and gladly accepts the works of the Poet and Painter and the jewels of the Jeweler. Apemantus comes to Timon's house, refuses a greeting, and scorns Timon's flatterers. Alcibiades arrives, and Timon greets him.

Timon throws a feast at his home, and all his friends are in attendance. Apemantus declares he has come merely to be an observer of the villainous flatterers who fill Timon's house. Timon speaks of his fondness for his friends and the pleasure he finds in giving them gifts, all without expectation of a return. Timon's servant Flavius worries that Timon will run out of money if he keeps being so generous. Most of Athens's citizens are amazed that Timon continues to be so generous, as it seems to them that Timon must have some magical power to possess such an unending bounty.

Condition

Very Good

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