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print; title-page; frontispiece; book-illustration

Object Type: print; title-page; frontispiece; book-illustration
Museum number: 1850,0713.262-299
Description: Set of thirty-eight prints, consisting of title-page, frontispiece, thirty-six illustrations to various plays by Shakespeare, in Pickering's 'The Dramatic Works of Shakespeare' (London: 1826), after Stothard and other artists, engraver's proofs: Title-page: Shakespeare flanked by two allegorical figures, by Fox; Frontispiece: Portrait of Shakespeare; Illustrations: Scenes from plays by Shakespeare, some unidentified. 1822-1828 Etching and engraving, printed on chine collé
Producer name: After: Thomas Stothard; After: Martin Droeshout; After: John Masey Wright; After: Thomas Kirk; After: Henry Howard; After: Richard Westall; After: William Henry Worthington; After: William Peters (?); Print made by: Augustus Fox; Print made by: Robert Graves; Print made by: Charles W Marr; Print made by: Francis Engleheart; Print made by: William Henry Worthington; Print made by: Henry Adlard; Print made by: E G Perkins; Print made by: Stephen Watts; Print made by: Thomas White; Published by: William Pickering
School/style
Production date: 1822-1828
Production place: Published in: London (England)
Materials
Technique: etching; engraving
Dimensions: Height: 110 millimetres (each illustration, approx.); Height: 130 millimetres (frontispiece); Height: 160 millimetres (title-page); Width: 73 millimetres (each illustration, approx.); Width: 87 millimetres (frontispiece); Width: 101 millimetres (title-page)
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Curator's comments: See 1849,0721.1992-2018 for comment.
Location: Not on display
Subjects: allegory/personification; theatre/theatrical life; murder/murderer; musician
Associated names: Associated with: William Pickering (editor); Illustration to: William Shakespeare; Portrait of: William Shakespeare; Representation of: Henry V, King of England; Representation of: Richard II, King of England; Representation of: Mark Antony; Representation of: Julius Caesar; Representation of: Ophelia; Representation of: Macbeth; Representation of: King Lear; Representation of: Fool; Representation of: Othello; Representation of: Romeo; Representation of: Juliet; Representation of: Henry VIII, King of England; Representation of: Anne Boleyn; Representation of: Cardinal Thomas Wolsey; Representation of: Edward V, King of England; Representation of: Richard, Duke of York; Representation of: Sir John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury; Representation of: Margaret of Anjou, Queen of Henry VI; Representation of: Edward, Prince of Wales; Representation of: Edward IV, King of England; Representation of: Richard III, King of England; Representation of: George, Duke of Clarence; Representation of: William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk; Representation of: Sir John Falstaff; Representation of: Miranda; Representation of: Prospero; Representation of: Rosalind; Representation of: Shylock
Associated titles: Associated Title: The Dramatic Works of Shakespeare (1826); Associated Title: Two Gentlemen of Verona; Associated Title: Love's Labours Lost; Associated Title: The Merry Wives of Windsor; Associated Title: The Comedy of Errors; Associated Title: Taming of the Shrew; Associated Title: The Merchant of Venice; Associated Title: Twelfth Night; Associated Title: As You Like It; Associated Title: Measure for Measure; Associated Title: Winter's Tale; Associated Title: The Tempest; Associated Title: King John; Associated Title: Henry IV, part 1; Associated Title: Henry IV, part 2; Associated Title: Henry VI, part 2; Associated Title: Henry VI, part 1; Associated Title: Henry VI, part 3; Associated Title: Richard III; Associated Title: Henry VIII; Associated Title: Romeo and Juliet; Associated Title: Othello; Associated Title: King Lear; Associated Title: Coriolanus; Associated Title: Antony and Cleopatra; Associated Title: Pericles, Prince of Tyre; Associated Title: Julius Caesar; Associated Title: Cymbeline; Associated Title: Titus Andronicus; Associated Title: Hamlet; Associated Title: Richard II; Associated Title: Macbeth; Associated Title: A Midsummer Night's Dream; Associated Title: Much Ado About Nothing; Associated Title: All's Well That Ends Well; Associated Title: Troilus and Cressida; Associated Title: Timon of Athens; Associated Title: Henry V
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1850
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1850,0713.262-299