Reynard's Hope, a scene in the Tempest between Trinculo, Stephano and Caliban, William Dent, 1784

A scene near the shore of the island; the wrecked ship with splintered masts, lying on the shore (right), is the 'royal george'. The prince of wales as trinculo (left) stands in profile to the right holding a bottle of wine in his right hand, addressing fox who is stephano; he says: "give me dear woman - and give me good wine - and you may govern all things else as thine". He wears a fool's cap with bells, ornamented with three ostrich feathers and 'ich dien'. Beside him is a barrel inscribed 'butt' and 'p. Of w'. Fox as the drunken butler, directed to the left, holds out his right fore-finger to the prince, saying: "taffy - when the island's ours - my brave boy - i - i'll be king - and you shall be viceroy"; in his left hand he holds a dice-box inscribed 'compass'. On the ground at fox's feet, facing the prince, kneels caliban, a hairy body with the head of north; he says: "my jove, pll lick your shoes & obey your nod, and his, for sure he's bacchus, the bloated god. " over the sea and above the wreck is a bright crescent encircling a dark disk, shedding its rays on clouds. 15 april 1784 etching. Date: 1784. Dimensions: Height: 245 mm; Width: 324 mm (trimmed). Medium: paper. Depicted People: William Shakespeare. Collection: British Museum. Reynard's Hope, a scene in the Tempest between Trinculo, Stephano and Caliban (BM 1868,0808.5249)