"Bolingbroke leading the captive Richard through London on horseback, the former on a white charger holding his crown, to the great acclaim of the people, including two ladies who hold up garlands of flowers on the right, Richard receiving the opprobrium of men to the left"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Also lettered below image "Shakspeare", along with fifteen lines from the play, given to the character York; "York: Then as I said, the duke, great Bolingbroke ... And thus still doing, thus he past along.", and Numbered '57' in lower left corner.
Publisher:
Pub. June 4,1801, by J. & J. Boydell, at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall, & No. 90 Cheapside, London
Subject (Name):
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616., Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, Richard II, King of England, 1367-1400, and Henry IV, King of England, 1367-1413
"In the tower of London, Dighton and Forrest carry the murdered princes down stairs in their bedclothes, another man reaching up to receive them at left at the foot, only his hands seen"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., Lettered above title "Shakspeare." in open letters., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted to 59.7 x 39.8 cm., and Embossed with ownership stamp "W".
Publisher:
Published Jany. 1st, 1795, by John & Josiah Boydell, at the Shakspeare-Gallery, Pall-Mall & at No. 90 Cheapside, London
"In the tower of London, Dighton and Forrest stand beside the bed of the two princes who are asleep, arms around each other, a book open at their side over a rosary. Dighton and Forrest hold a pillow, ready to smother the princes."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted to 39.5 x 60 cm.
Publisher:
Published June 4th, 1790, by John & Josiah Boydell, at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall & at No. 90 Cheapside
"On a street, a man with a walking stick waves his hand at a dog standing at left, behind his back two finely dressed young men converse, one gesturing to right as if suggesting that they should leave, a monk behind them walking to left, and a religious building over a wall in the background (Two Gentlemen of Verona)."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Description:
Title from text below image., Text below title: From the original drawing in the collection of Her Royal Highness the Duchess of York., Lines of dialogue on either side of title: Launce. O, tis a foul thing, when a cur cannot keep himself in all companies ... The two gentlemen of Verona., and One of a series of plates illustrating scenes from Shakespeare's plays, engraved after the drawings of Bunbury by various printmakers and published 1792-1796 by Thomas Macklin.
Publisher:
Publish'd Jany. 1st, 1794, by Thos. Macklin, Poets Gallery, Fleet St.
"Portrait of Thomas Vaux, half-length to right, with beard and moustache, wearing a dark pyramid-shaped hat and slashed jerkin."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate from: Harding, S. Shakespeare illustrated, by an assemblage of portraits & views ... London : S. & E. Harding, 1793., Mounted on page 121 of Richard Bull's copiously extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 13., 1 print : stipple engraving with etching on laid paper ; sheet 18.9 x 13.8 cm., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Pub. Sepr. 10, 1791, by E. Harding, Fleet Street
Subject (Name):
Vaux, Thomas Vaux, Baron, 1510-1556,, Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616., and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"Portrait of Thomas Vaux, half-length to right, with beard and moustache, wearing a dark pyramid-shaped hat and slashed jerkin."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate from: Harding, S. Shakespeare illustrated, by an assemblage of portraits & views ... London : S. & E. Harding, 1793., Mounted on page 98 of Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 12., 1 print : stipple engraving with etching on wove paper ; sheet 18.9 x 13.7 cm., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:
Pub. Sepr. 10, 1791, by E. Harding, Fleet Street
Subject (Name):
Vaux, Thomas Vaux, Baron, 1510-1556,, Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616., and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"Portrait of Thomas Vaux, half-length to right, with beard and moustache, wearing a dark pyramid-shaped hat and slashed jerkin."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image. and Plate from: Harding, S. Shakespeare illustrated, by an assemblage of portraits & views ... London : S. & E. Harding, 1793.
Publisher:
Pub. Sepr. 10, 1791, by E. Harding, Fleet Street
Subject (Name):
Vaux, Thomas Vaux, Baron, 1510-1556,, Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616., and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Title from caption below image., Dedication etched below title: From an original drawing in the collection of Her Royal Highness the Dutchess of York, to whom this plate is ... humbly dedicated by ... Thos. Macklin., "Vide Macbeth, Act 3, Sc. 1.", One of a series of plates illustrating scenes from Shakespeare's plays, engraved after the drawings of Bunbury by various printmakers and published 1792-1796 by Thomas Macklin., 1 print : stipple engraving and etching on wove paper ; sheet 41.8 x 50.2 cm., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark on upper edge., and Mounted to 43 x 58 cm.
Publisher:
Publish'd Novr. 30th, 1792, by Thos. Macklin, Poets Gallery, Fleet Street
"Sarah Siddons as Lady Macbeth standing in a flagged hall in front of an archway, a view of mountains beyond, looking up resolutely to left, stepping forward and extending her right arm with clenched fist, her other hand at her breast, holding a paper"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., "Shakspeare"--At head of title., Lettered below the image with the title, reference, quotation over eight lines: "Lady M. - Come to my woman's breasts ... To cry, Hold, hold!', and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:
Pub. June 4, 1800 by J. & J. Boydell, Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall & No. 90, Cheapside, London
Subject (Name):
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616., Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, Gruoch, Queen, consort of Macbeth, King of Scotland, and Siddons, Sarah, 1755-1831
Subject (Topic):
Characters, Lady Macbeth, In literature, Performances, and Actors
