Figure descriptions
A theatrical scene from William Shakespeare’s “The Taming of the Shrew”. A man stands
slightly off-center with his back turned
towar the viewer. He faces the right side of the illustration so that his face is
shown in profile. He wears a sheathed thin sword
(a rapier) on his hip and holds a large cloak out to his right. A second man leans
over behind the cloak to pick up a feathered hat
from the floor. On the left side of the illustration, a woman sits in a chair and
looks away from the first two men. She holds her
necklace up to her mouth with one hand and holds the arm of the chair with her other
hand. A man stands behind her and looks at the
first two men from over his shoulder. On the right side of the illustration, a man
sits at a table with dishes and wine glasses.
Another man stands beside him and watches the first two men; he carries a large hat
box under his arm and a hat. Full-page
illustration contained within a double-ruled border.
The title, byline, and poem letterpress is bordered by the illustration. To the left
of the letterpress, a large bunch of
flowers with leaves is tied together with ribbon around the stems. This bunch of flowers
forms the left side of the page border. The
space that is not filled by the flowers is filled with an intricate pattern of small
curved lines. A branch extends horizontally
across the bottom of the illustration. An empty banner hangs from it; the banner is
tied to the branch with ribbon. The branch and
banner are set against a dark background decorated with light swirls; it forms the
bottom edge of the page border. A thick black
line completes the page border on the right and top edges. Full page.
