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- Creator:
- Boydell, John, 1719-1804
Boydell, Josiah, 1752-1817
Fuseli, Henry, 1741-1825
Northcote, James, 1746-1831
Smirke, Robert, 1752-1845 - Published / Created:
- 1803
- Call Number:
- 1978 Folio 151
- Image Count:
- 15
- Description:
- Dedication and preface by Josiah Boydell dated March 25, 1805; the plates are dated 1790-1804., Of the artists, Smirke, Fuseli, and Northcote contributed the largest number of plates; the others, including Reynolds, Opie, and Sothard, are represented by from one to five plates each; engraved by R. Thew, T. Ryder, P. Simon and others., Pub. in 1852 with title: The American edition of Boydell's Illustrations., Sometimes confused with"Boydell's graphic illustrations ... of Shakespeare," 1804?, a separate issue of the (samller) plates prepared for their edition of Shakespeare, 1802, which also consists of 100 plates, most of them quite different from these large plates., Title-vignettes (of Mrs. Damer's basso relievos), and Vol. I contains frontispiece (full length portrait of George III, by Sir W. Beechey) and XLVI plates, Xl to XLVI being Smirke's Seven ages; vol. II consists of frontispiece (portrait of Queen Charlotte, also by Beechey) and L plates, the last three "not engraved from the large pictures, but may be added to vol. II." These three are: Romney's "Shakespeare nursed by Tragedy and Comedy," Westall's "Imogen in boy's clothes," and Josiah Boydell's "Desdemona asleep." Counting the title vignettes, 100 designs in all. cf. List of plates, v.2.
- Publisher:
- Pub. by John and Josiah Boydell, Shakespeare gallery, Pall-Mall, and no. 90 Cheapside, Printed by W. Bulmer and co., Cleveland-row, St. James's,
- Subject (Name):
- Shakespeare, William,--1564-1616--Illustrations
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A collection of prints, from pictures painted for the purpose of illustrating the Dramatic works of Shakespeare, by the artists of Great-Britain ...