"Portrait of Katherine of Aragon; head and shoulders facing front and looking away to left, wearing decorated square-necked gown, necklaces and a gable head-dress with a full veil; in a rectangular frame."--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 136 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 laid paper ; sheet 18.7 x 13.7 cm., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:
Pub. March 20, 1791, by E. Harding, Fleet Street
Subject (Name):
Catherine, of Aragon, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, 1485-1536,, Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616., and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"Portrait of Katherine of Aragon; head and shoulders facing front and looking away to left, wearing decorated square-necked gown, necklaces and a gable head-dress with a full veil; in a rectangular frame."--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 173 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 wove paper ; sheet 16.9 x 13.1 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Pub. March 20, 1791, by E. Harding, Fleet Street
Subject (Name):
Catherine, of Aragon, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, 1485-1536,, Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616., and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Title from caption 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: Romeo. Ah Juliet, if the measure of thy joy be heap'd like mine, & that skill be more to blazon it ..., "Vide Romeo & Juliet, Act 2, Sc. 6.", 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 Street
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
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, As you like it, Act 2, Sc. 3.", 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:
Published June 1, 1792, by Thos. Macklin, Poets Gallery, Fleet Street
Scene from Shakespeare's Merry wives of Windsor, act 4, scene 2.
Alternative Title:
Falstaff's escape
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Inscribed by artist on verso: Merry Wives of Windsor / Act 4- Scene 2nd / Fal[staff. No, I'll come no more i'th basket / may I not go out to[o] soon / Mrs. Page. Alas, three of another Fr[ien]ds brother." [From dealer's description]., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Name):
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Subject (Topic):
Falstaff, John, Sir (Fictitious character) and Comedies
"Henry, Prince of Wales kneeling at the foot of Henry IV's bed, holding the crown, looking up at his father and begging pardon for having taken it up, explaining that he had thought him dead, not sleeping and had been berating the crown for the trouble it had caused."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image. and 'Shakspeare' above title.
Publisher:
Published April 23, 1798, by J. & J. Boydell, at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall & No. 90, Cheapside
