The School of Shakespear [graphic].

Description

Title: The School of Shakespear [graphic].
Alternative Title: School of Shakespeare
Published / Created: [1775?]
Publication Place: England?
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: Probable book illustration, within ornamental frame, of a man declaiming from a raised platform before an audience composed chiefly of men in the foreground and of women in the upper gallery, the setting illuminated by candles on the table before the speaker, and by a chandelier
Description: Title from item.
Date inferred from costume.
Provenance: Gift of Joseph Verner Reed (Yale 1926) to the Yale Library, 1958. Portions were transferred to Lewis Walpole Library 1960. For other items from this gift refer to Beinecke Library's GEN MSS 1000.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 167 x 110 mm, on sheet 22 x 12 cm
Language: English

Genre: Engravings England 1775
Etchings England 1775
Material: etching & engraving ;
Subject (Geographic): England
Subject (Name): Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Subject (Topic): Dramatic productions
Acting
Actors
Audiences
Stages (Platforms)
Subjects: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 > Dramatic productions
Acting
Actors
Audiences
Actors > England > 1775
Audiences > England > 1775
Stages (Platforms)
England > 1775

Access: Public
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