"The actor George Frederick Cooke as Richard III, standing and turning with his right leg forward, arms to left, holding a scroll in his right hand, head turned and looking three-quarters to right, wearing regal red and gold costume with fur-trimmed robe, red hat with crown and feathers, purple breeches and spurred boots, sword at left hip."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Ha! Am I King? 'Tis so - but - Edward lives
Description:
Title etched within banners below image; the banner containing the actor's name is etched upon a vignette of theatrical attributes, while the banner containing lines from the play is etched beneath the vignette., "From a drawing in the possession of Thos. Harris Esq."--Etched at bottom of plate., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., 1 print : etching ; plate mark 27.5 x 21.2 cm, on sheet 35.5 x 22 cm., and Printed on wove paper; hand-colored.
Publisher:
Pubd. Decr. 1st, 1800, by Dighton, Charg. Cross, No. 12
Subject (Name):
Cooke, George Frederick, 1756-1812, Cooke, George Frederick, 1756-1812,, Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, Cooke, George Frederick, 1756-1812., Richard III, King of England, 1452-1485., and Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Subject (Topic):
Performances, Characters, King Richard III, Actors, Literature, British, and Theatrical productions
David Garrick is shown at Drury Lane Theatre standing with a scroll in his left hand, gesturing with the other, looking to left. He stand in front of Scheemaker's statue of Shakespeare, in front of the orchestra (musicians shown with their musical instruments) and the singers on stage, lighting from the candles in the chandelier above. Members of the audience watch from boxes on either side of the stage. On the scroll is a quote from the Tempest Act IV, Scene 1, line 134: Prospero's line "cloud-capp'd towers".
Description:
Title etched above image., Plate originally published in: The London museum of politics, miscellanies, and literature. London : printed for J. Miller ... , 1770- , v. 1 (February, 1770), page 72., Sheet trimmed within plate mark at top, bottom and right side., Two lines of verse in two columns below image: To him the song, the edifice we raise, he merits all our wonder, all our praise. The Ode, p. 2., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Garrick, David, 1717-1779, and Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Roberts, Henry, approximately 1710-approximately 1790, printmaker
Published / Created:
[between 1783 and 1790]
Call Number:
763.00.00.128
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
The full length figure of Mr. Yates in the character of Launce from Two gentlemen of Verona stands center with his right hand holding the leash of his dog Crab while he points down to the dog with his left. Launce's shoes and hat lie on the ground in front and to the left while a tall staff stands in the ground to the right. Bushes and trees form the backdrop. Engraved below the image are 11 lines from Act II, Scene III beginning: Nay 'twill be this hour ere I have done weeping ...
Alternative Title:
Mr. Yates in the character of Launce in the Two Gentlemen of Verona with his dog Crab
Description:
Title from item., Publication date inferred from William Richardson's business address. See The London book trades, 1775-1800 / Ian Maxted, p. 187, Later state of a print originally published by Roberts in 1763. See British Museum catalogue., and Watermark: Strasburg lily with initials G R below.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs, by W. Richardson, Antient & Modern Print Warehouse, 174 Strand
Subject (Name):
Yates, Richard, 1706?-1796, Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616., and Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Subject (Topic):
Performances, Characters, Launce, Actors, British, and Dogs
Facius, Georg Sigmund, approximately 1750- printmaker
Published / Created:
[4 June 1791]
Call Number:
Drawer 724 803B no. 80
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A man laying the seeming dead Juliet out on a bed, as the friar gestures to heaven, trying to comfort her mother, who approaches clasping her hands together."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., "Shakspeare' etched above title., and Also inscribed with ten lines of dialogue on either side of title: "Fr. Peace, ho, for shame! Confusion's cure lives not ... Above the clouds, as high as heaven itself?
Publisher:
Published June 4th, 1791, by John & Josiah Boydell, at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall & at No. 90 Cheapside
Subject (Name):
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. and Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Shakespeare's beautiful idea on the seven ages of man and Shakespeare's seven ages
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark with partial loss of second imprint., Twenty eight lines in three columns of text under image titled Shakespeare's Seven Ages: All the world's a stage ..., Below last line of text additional imprint: Printed for S.W. Fores, Printseller and Publisher, No. 3 Piccad[illy]., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Infants -- Children -- Youth -- Aging -- Interiors: library -- Symbols: mask of Comedy -- Mask of Tragedy -- Justice holding scales.
Publisher:
Published as the act directs, by J.C. Gear, music and drawing master, Gosport
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
Alternative Title:
School of Shakespeare
Description:
Title from item. and Date inferred from costume.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Subject (Topic):
Dramatic productions, Acting, Actors, Audiences, and Stages (Platforms)