Sketch for "Stay, stay thy hand"
Datenot dated
Artist
Felix Octavius Carr Darley
(American draftsman and illustrator, 1822–1888)
Illustration CitationScene from Henry the VI, in Darley Gallery of Shakespearean Illustration (Philadelphia and New York: Stoddart, 1884).
MediumGraphite and gouache on paper
Dimensionscomposition: 15 1/4 × 13 3/4 in. (38.7 × 34.9 cm)
sheet: 19 15/16 × 13 15/16 in. (50.6 × 35.4 cm)
sheet: 19 15/16 × 13 15/16 in. (50.6 × 35.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Douglas Davidson, 1938
Object number1938-78
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextSketch for "Stay, stay thy hand," Henry VI by William Shakespeare, Part 1, Act I, Scene II. For a set of 30 Darley illustrations reproduced as photogravures and published in New York and Philadelphia by Stoddart in 1884 under title Darley Gallery of Shakespearean Illustration. In this scene, Darley depicts Joan la Pucelle holding the dauphin Charles at sword point.
