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Francis Danby, 1793–1861

Oberon and Titania

1837

Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881

The Vine

1852

Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881

The Vine

1852

Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881

The Vine

1852

Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881

The Vine

1852

William Hogarth, 1697–1764

Mr. Garrick in the Character of Richard III

1746

William Hogarth, 1697–1764

Mr. Garrick in the Character of Richard the Third - "Richard III," Act V, Scene VII

1746

Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827

Romeo and Juliet, Act IV, Scene V

1799

William Blake, 1757–1827

Octavius Augustus Cæsar

1821

Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827

The Death of Juliet

1799

George Romney, 1734–1802

Standing Figure, Probably for Lady Macbeth

undated

George Romney, 1734–1802

Miranda, Prospero, and Caliban: The Tempest

undated

George Romney, 1734–1802

Prospero and Miranda

ca. 1787

George Romney, 1734–1802

"Lear in the Storm," King Lear, Act III, Scene II

undated

George Romney, 1734–1802

Lear Awakened by Cordelia

between 1774 and 1775

George Romney, 1734–1802

The Banquet Scene

ca. 1792

George Romney, 1734–1802

Exit Pursued by a Bear, or "The Abandonment of Perdita" from "The Winter's Tale"

undated

George Romney, 1734–1802

The Witches' Cavern

between 1792 and 1793

George Romney, 1734–1802

John Henderson as Falstaff

1780

George Romney, 1734–1802

Lear Awakened by Cordelia

ca. 1774

George Romney, 1734–1802

Witches' Cavern: MacBeth's Second Visit

undated

John Flaxman Seventeen Sketches chiefly of Mrs. Siddons in the Roles of Titania or Constance (King John) and including a Sketch of Kemble as Hamlet and a Study of Puck

John Flaxman, 1755–1826

Seventeen Sketches chiefly of Mrs. Siddons in the Roles of Titania or Constance (King John) and including a Sketch of Kemble as Hamlet and a Study of Puck

ca. 1795

George Siegmund Facius, 1750–1804

Romeo and Juliet: Act IV, Scene V. "Juliet on her bed."

1803

George Siegmund Facius, 1750–1804

Romeo and Juliet: Act I, Scene V. "A Hall in Capulet's House."

1789

Print made by Peter Simon, 1750–1810

Romeo and Juliet: Act IV, Scene III (A Monument Belonging to the Capulets)

1791

John Ogborne the Elder, 1755–1795

Henry VI, Part I: Act II, Scene IV, London. The Temple Garden

1803

Print made by Robert Thew, 1758–1802

King Richard III: Act III, Scene I (The Meeting of Edward V and His Brother, Richard, Duke of York)

1789

Isaac Taylor, 1759–1829

Henry VIII, Act I, Scene IV, York Place--Cardinal Wolsey, etc

1803

Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851

A Character (? Macbeth) in Renaissance Dress..

undated

unknown artist

Romeo

1801

James Gillray, 1756–1815

Blowing up the Pic Nic's: or Harlequin Quioxtte Attacking the Puppets

1802

Print made by James Gillray, 1756–1815

Taming of the Shrew. Katharine and Petruchio - The Modern Quixotte, or, What You Will

1791

Print made by James Gillray, 1756–1815

Shakespeare Sacrificed; or, The Offering to Avarice

1789

James Gillray, 1756–1815

Weird Sisters; Ministers of Darkness; Minions of the Moon (Thurlow, Pitt, and Dundas)

1791

Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815

Ophelia: There's Rue for You, and Here's Some for Me

1784

John Finlayson, 1730–1776

David Garrick as Sir John Brute in Act IV, the Drunken Scene, in Vanburgh's 'The Provok'd Wife'

1768

Leslie Matthew 'Spy' Ward, 1851–1922

Vanity Fair: Theatre; 'Hereditary Actor', Mr. Henry Kemble, April 24, 1907

1907

Caroline Watson, 1760–1814

Garrick Reading the Ode at the Shakespeare Jubilee

1784

Thomas Ryder, 1746–1810

Henry IV, Part II: Act III, Justice Shallon's Seat in Gloucestershire

1803

Robert Thew, 1758–1802

Henry V: Act II, Scene ii, Southamptom. The King, Scroop, etc

1803

Robert Thew, 1758–1802

Henry IV, Part II: Act IV, The Palace at Westminster

1803

Print made by Robert Thew, 1758–1802

King Henry VI, Part I: Act II, Scene V, A Room in the Tower (The Death of Mortimer)

1792

Charles Gauthier Playter, died 1809

Henry VI, Part II: Act I, Scene iv, Mother Jourdaine, Himi---

1803

Robert Thew, 1758–1802

Henry VI, Part I: Act II, Scene iii, The Countess of Auvergne's Castle

1803

Print made by Jean B. Michel, active 1803

King Henry VI, Part III: Act V, Scene VII (Queen Bess Presenting King Edward . . . with Their Infant Son)

1791

Print made by Charles Gauthier Playter, died 1809

Henry VI, Part III: Act I, Scene III, A Field of Battle betwixt Sandal Castle . .

1793

Robert Thew, 1758–1802

Henry VIII, Act IV, Scene II, Abbey of Leicester. Wolsey, Northumberland, and Attendants, Abbot of Leicester, etc

1803

Print made by Francis Legat, 1755–1809

Hamlet, Act IV, Scene v, Elsinore --King, Queen, Laertes, Ophelia, etc

1803

Print made by George Richmond, 1809–1896

The Fatal Bellman

1827

James Parker, 1750–1805

MacBeth, Act I, Scene V: "Inverness. A Room in MacBeth's Castle"

1803

Benjamin West, 1738–1820

King Richard II Act IV, Scene I: "King Richard, Bolingbroke, Yorke, etc."

1803

Print made by Robert Thew, 1758–1802

King Richard the Second, Act V, Scene II (The Entrance of King Richard & Bolingbroke into London)

1801

Robert Thew, 1758–1802

MacBeth, Act I,V Scene I: "A Dark Cave in the Middle a Cauldrom Boiling"

1803

Samuel Middiman, ca. 1750–1831

Henry IV, Part I, Act II, Scene II: " The Road by Gadshill - Prince Henry, Poins, Peto, Falstaff, etc."

1803

Samuel Middiman, ca. 1750–1831

Henry IV, Part I, Act II, Scene II: " The Road by Gadshill - Prince Henry, Poins, Peto, Falstaff, etc."

1803

William S. Leney, 1769–1831

Henry IV: Part II, Act II, Scene IV. "Doll Tearsheet, Falstaff, Henry & Poins"

1803

Robert Thew, 1758–1802

Henry VIII: Act III, Scene I, A Room in the Queen's Apartments

1803

Jean B. Michel, active 1803

Henry VI, Part III: Act IV, Scene V, A Park Near Middlham Castle in Yorkshire

1803

John Ogborne the Elder, 1755–1795

Henry VI, Part III: Act II, Scene V, A Field of Battle near Towton . .

1803

James Caldwall, 1739–1819

Coriolanus, Act IV, Scene III, Coriolanus, etc

1803

Thomas Kirk, 1765–1797

Titus Andromicus, Act IV, Scene I, Titus' House

1803

Robert Thew, 1758–1802

Timon of Athens, Act IV, Scene III, A Wood--Timon, Phyrma, etc

1803

Thomas Ryder, 1746–1810

Othello, Act II, Scene i, A Platform --- Desdemona, Othello etc

1803

Print made by Thomas Ryder, 1746–1810

Othello, Act II, Scene I, A Platform -- Desdemona, Othello etc

1803

Print made by Thomas Trotter, ca. 1750–1803

MacBeth, Act I, Scene III: "A Heath"

1803

Robert Thew, 1758–1802

Henry IV, Part I, Act II, Scene IV: " The Boar's Head"

1803

Peter Simon, 1750–1810

King Henry IV: Part I, Act III, Scene I, The Archdeacon of Bangor's House in Wales. Hotspur, Worcester, Mortimer, & Owen Glendower

1803

Thomas Ryder, 1746–1810

King Henry IV, Part I: Act V, Scene iv, Plain near Shrewsbury. Prince Henry, Hotspur & Falstaff

1796

Samuel Middiman, ca. 1750–1831

Henry IV, Part I, Act II, Scene II: " The Road by Gadshill - Prince Henry, Poins, Peto, Falstaff, etc."

1803

Joseph Collyer, 1748–1827

Henry VIII, Act V, Scene IV, The Palace

1803

And Johann G. Facius, 1750–after 1802

Antony and Cleopatra, Act III, Scene IX, The Palace in Alexandria . .

1803

Robert Smirke, 1752–1845

Malvolio Dancing

1827

William Wynne Ryland, 1732–1783

King John

Benjamin Robert Haydon, 1786–1846

The Murder of Duncan - Macbeth with the Daggers

between 1809 and 1811

Benjamin Robert Haydon, 1786–1846

The Murder of Duncan - Macbeth Stabbing Duncan

between 1809 and 1811

Benjamin Robert Haydon, 1786–1846

The Murder of Duncan - Lady Macbeth, Approaching Macbeth and the Body

between 1809 and 1811

Benjamin Robert Haydon, 1786–1846

The Murder of Duncan - Macbeth with the Body (and Lady Macbeth Approaching)

between 1809 and 1811

George Vertue, 1684–1756

Edward IV King of England and France, Lord of Ireland

1732

George Vertue, 1684–1756

Richard III, King of England

1732

John Hamilton Mortimer, 1740–1779

Caliban, from The Tempest

1775

Print made by George Vertue, 1684–1756

King Henry VII and Elizabeth of York, Queen of England

John Hamilton Mortimer Twelve etchings of Characters from Shakespeare: 5) Beatrice, from Much Ado About Nothing, Act 1, Scene 2 (sic)(Catalogue Mortimer Exhibition 1968 - Number 79)

John Hamilton Mortimer, 1740–1779

Twelve etchings of Characters from Shakespeare: 5) Beatrice, from Much Ado About Nothing, Act 1, Scene 2 (sic)(Catalogue Mortimer Exhibition 1968 - Number 79)

John Hamilton Mortimer Twelve etchings of Characters from Shakespear: 3) Cassandra, from Troilus and Cressida, Act II, Scene 4 (sic)(Catalogue Mortimer Exhibition 1968 - Number 79)

John Hamilton Mortimer, 1740–1779

Twelve etchings of Characters from Shakespear: 3) Cassandra, from Troilus and Cressida, Act II, Scene 4 (sic)(Catalogue Mortimer Exhibition 1968 - Number 79)