Darley, Felix Octavius Carr. Fal. "How now, lad! Is the wind in that door, i' faith? Must we all march?", King Henry IV, Part 1st, act III, scene III

Folger bibliographic ID: 242627
Folger call number: ART Box D221 no.38
Folger holdings ID: 305719

Depicts Falstaff, Mistress Quickly and Bardolph at the Boar's-Head Tavern. Prince Henry and Peto are marching through the doorway - one of them (presumably Prince Henry) stands to the fore playing a fife and mostly blocking the other man from view

General notes

Title derived from penciled notes beneath image This drawing is part of a set of 30 Darley illustrations which were reproduced as photogravures and published in New York and Philadelphia by Stoddart. The photogravures were sold, 30 plates in a box, folio size, with an imprint dated 1884, under the title 'Darley gallery of Shakespearean illustration'. Plates were issued in color and in black and white (some of which were filmed through color filters). A Shakespeare edition, published in New York by Amies in 1888, also contained these 30 illustrations along with designs by A. Chappell. The title page of the Amies edition notes that the illustrations are photogravures after wash drawings by Darley. Copies of the photogravures can be found in FSL ART Vol f80 and ART Inv. 447 (colored) and 448. The Shakespeare edition with Darley illustrations is PR 2752 1888e Sh.Col Provenance: Drawings (ART Box D221 no.22-51) were sold by S. Henkels in January, 1909, along with the library of Lewis C. Gratz. Drawings are listed at the end of the sale catalog where it is noted that they were being sold by order of Darley's widow. The above noted drawings are lot no.437 in the catalog. The items were purchased by the Folgers from a Freeman Co. sale in Philadelphia, June 22, 1909. (Formerly ART Inv. 445 & 444) Also available in digital reproduction

Extended title: Fal. "How now, lad! Is the wind in that door, i' faith? Must we all march?", King Henry IV, Part 1st, act III, scene III F.O.C. Darley, 1884

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. King Henry IV Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Falstaff, John, Sir (Fictitious character) Bardolph (Fictitious character) Quickly, Mistress (Fictitious character) Henry V, King of England, 1387-1422

artist: Darley, Felix Octavius Carr, 1822-1888
depiction: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
depiction: Henry V, King of England, 1387-1422
former owner: Darley, Jane Colburn, active 1859-1909