Timon (Shakespeare, Timon of Athens, Act 4, Scene 3) 1827

This etching by Benjamin Phelps Gibbon depicts a scene from Shakespeare's *Timon of Athens*, Act 4, Scene 3, titled "Timon." In the center of the print, the title character is depicted digging in the earth, while two men approach him from the right. The work is a fine example of the 19th-century artistic trend of illustrating Shakespearean plays, demonstrating Gibbon's skill in translating a literary work into a visual medium. The print is housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.