Shaw, Henry, 1800-1873, William Pickering (Firm) · London : William Pickering · leaf 202
death, describes him when on the stage in nearlythe same words as the verses given above, and in the costume represented inhis picture:— in russet, with a buttond cap on his head, a great bag by hisside, and a strong bat in his hand, artificially attired for a clowne. Mr.Payne Collier, in his… … on wood, was then current, and what is above given is very possibly, if notprobably, a copy of the old print. We are able to confirm Mr. Colliersconjecture ; for we have seen, we believe in the Ashmolean Museum at Oxford,an old wood-cut of Tarlton, closely resembling the above, printed with a…
Middle Ages · Costume · Decoration and ornament, Medieval
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