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Macbeth. Proof.
Sir Joshua Reynolds Pinx.t S.W. Reynolds Sculp.t.
Stipple and etching. Plate 228 x 253mm (9 x 10"). Trimmed inside left platemark.
Macbeth in the foreground to left, seen from the back, faces the witches and the apparitions; by his feet, inside a coiled snake, stand a small bloody child and a child wearing a crown and holding a tree, behind them are the kings, one holding a mirror, and a large figure of a soldier, pointing; the witches sit on the far, Hecate in the middle, with her forefinger pointing upwards.
Whitman: p.149 (Appendix): 56*. For a later state see ref. 9567.
[Ref: 21501] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Sir Joshua Reynolds Pinx.t S.W. Reynolds Sculp.t.
Stipple and etching. Plate 228 x 253mm (9 x 10"). Trimmed inside left platemark.
Macbeth in the foreground to left, seen from the back, faces the witches and the apparitions; by his feet, inside a coiled snake, stand a small bloody child and a child wearing a crown and holding a tree, behind them are the kings, one holding a mirror, and a large figure of a soldier, pointing; the witches sit on the far, Hecate in the middle, with her forefinger pointing upwards.
Whitman: p.149 (Appendix): 56*. For a later state see ref. 9567.
[Ref: 21501] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Shakespeare. Merry Wives of Windsor. Act V. Scene V.
Painted by Rob.t Smirke R.A. Engraved by Is.c Taylor Jun.
Published Jany. 1. 1795 by John & Josiah Boydell, at his Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall _ & at No. 90 Cheapside, London
Engraving with etching, fine impression, open letter proof before quote from play, J. Whatman 1794 watermark. 495 x 625mm (19½ x 24½"), with large margins. Crease top margin.
Falstaff as Herne the Hunter, with stag's horns on head, lies prostrate in front of 'Herne's Oak', taunted by local children pretending to be fairies. Mistresses Page and Ford enjoy the spectacle on the left. John Boydell (1720-1804), publisher and Lord Mayor of London in 1790, began his Shakespeare Gallery to encourage British historical painting by commissioning paintings on the theme of Shakeapeare's plays from leading artists and reproducing them as high quality prints. When his gallery in Pall Mall opened in 1789 it contained 34 paintings; by the end it has nearly 170, by artists including Kauffman, Richard Westall, Thomas Stothard, George Romney, Henry Fuseli, Benjamin West, Robert Smirke, John Opie & Francesco Bartolozzi. 96 were engraved, published separately until the bound edition, ''A Collection of Prints, From Pictures Painted for the Purpose of Illustrating the Dramatic Works of Shakspeare, by the Artists of Great-Britain'' was issued in 1805. The project was over-ambitious and the cost caused the firm to go bankrupt.
[Ref: 59325] £420.00
Painted by Rob.t Smirke R.A. Engraved by Is.c Taylor Jun.
Published Jany. 1. 1795 by John & Josiah Boydell, at his Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall _ & at No. 90 Cheapside, London
Engraving with etching, fine impression, open letter proof before quote from play, J. Whatman 1794 watermark. 495 x 625mm (19½ x 24½"), with large margins. Crease top margin.
Falstaff as Herne the Hunter, with stag's horns on head, lies prostrate in front of 'Herne's Oak', taunted by local children pretending to be fairies. Mistresses Page and Ford enjoy the spectacle on the left. John Boydell (1720-1804), publisher and Lord Mayor of London in 1790, began his Shakespeare Gallery to encourage British historical painting by commissioning paintings on the theme of Shakeapeare's plays from leading artists and reproducing them as high quality prints. When his gallery in Pall Mall opened in 1789 it contained 34 paintings; by the end it has nearly 170, by artists including Kauffman, Richard Westall, Thomas Stothard, George Romney, Henry Fuseli, Benjamin West, Robert Smirke, John Opie & Francesco Bartolozzi. 96 were engraved, published separately until the bound edition, ''A Collection of Prints, From Pictures Painted for the Purpose of Illustrating the Dramatic Works of Shakspeare, by the Artists of Great-Britain'' was issued in 1805. The project was over-ambitious and the cost caused the firm to go bankrupt.
[Ref: 59325] £420.00
Shakspeare. Othello Act V. Scene II.
Painted by J. Graham. Engraved by W. Leney.
Pub. Sept.r 29 1799 by J. & J. Boydell, at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall. & No 90 Cheapside London.
Stipple, fine impression, open letter proof, without quote from play. 565 x 415mm (22¼ x 16¼"), with large margins. Repairs to margins and edge of plate. Slight repair in between feet.
Othello standing over the bed of Desdemona as she sleeps, a candle and dagger in his hands. John Boydell (1720-1804), publisher and Lord Mayor of London in 1790, began his Shakespeare Gallery to encourage British historical painting by commissioning paintings on the theme of Shakeapeare's plays from leading artists and reproducing them as high quality prints. When his gallery in Pall Mall opened in 1789 it contained 34 paintings; by the end it has nearly 170, by artists including Kauffman, Richard Westall, Thomas Stothard, George Romney, Henry Fuseli, Benjamin West, Robert Smirke, John Opie & Francesco Bartolozzi. 96 were engraved, published separately until the bound edition, ''A Collection of Prints, From Pictures Painted for the Purpose of Illustrating the Dramatic Works of Shakspeare, by the Artists of Great-Britain'' was issued in 1805. The project was over-ambitious and the cost caused the firm to go bankrupt.
See Ref: 59333 for Proof before Letters.
[Ref: 59332] £320.00
Painted by J. Graham. Engraved by W. Leney.
Pub. Sept.r 29 1799 by J. & J. Boydell, at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall. & No 90 Cheapside London.
Stipple, fine impression, open letter proof, without quote from play. 565 x 415mm (22¼ x 16¼"), with large margins. Repairs to margins and edge of plate. Slight repair in between feet.
Othello standing over the bed of Desdemona as she sleeps, a candle and dagger in his hands. John Boydell (1720-1804), publisher and Lord Mayor of London in 1790, began his Shakespeare Gallery to encourage British historical painting by commissioning paintings on the theme of Shakeapeare's plays from leading artists and reproducing them as high quality prints. When his gallery in Pall Mall opened in 1789 it contained 34 paintings; by the end it has nearly 170, by artists including Kauffman, Richard Westall, Thomas Stothard, George Romney, Henry Fuseli, Benjamin West, Robert Smirke, John Opie & Francesco Bartolozzi. 96 were engraved, published separately until the bound edition, ''A Collection of Prints, From Pictures Painted for the Purpose of Illustrating the Dramatic Works of Shakspeare, by the Artists of Great-Britain'' was issued in 1805. The project was over-ambitious and the cost caused the firm to go bankrupt.
See Ref: 59333 for Proof before Letters.
[Ref: 59332] £320.00
![[Shakspeare. Othello Act II. Scene I. A Platform. _ Desdemona, Othello, Jago, Cassio, Roderigo, Emilia, &c.]](jpegs/59336.jpg)
[Shakspeare. Othello Act II. Scene I. A Platform. _ Desdemona, Othello, Jago, Cassio, Roderigo, Emilia, &c.]
[Painted by Tho.s Stothard R.A. Engraved by Tho.s Ryder.
Pub.d Sept.r 1799, by J.&J. Boydell, at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall; & No. 90 Cheapside, London.
Stipple, extremely rare proof before letters. 485 x 620mm (19 x 24½"). Trimmed just within plate, repaired tears, some creasing.
Desdemona meets Othello on his return from sea, with Emilia curtseying and Iago glowering from one side.
[Ref: 59336] £450.00
[Painted by Tho.s Stothard R.A. Engraved by Tho.s Ryder.
Pub.d Sept.r 1799, by J.&J. Boydell, at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall; & No. 90 Cheapside, London.
Stipple, extremely rare proof before letters. 485 x 620mm (19 x 24½"). Trimmed just within plate, repaired tears, some creasing.
Desdemona meets Othello on his return from sea, with Emilia curtseying and Iago glowering from one side.
[Ref: 59336] £450.00
![[Shakspeare. Othello. Act V. Scene II.]](jpegs/59333.jpg)
[Shakspeare. Othello. Act V. Scene II.]
[Painted by J. Graham. Engraved by W. Leney.]
[Pub. Sept.r 29 1799 by J. & J. Boydell, at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall. & No 90 Cheapside London.]
Stipple, extremely rare proof before letters. 565 x 415mm (22¼ x 16¼"). Trimmed to plate, some creasing.
Othello standing over the bed of Desdemona as she sleeps, a candle and dagger in his hands. John Boydell (1720-1804), publisher and Lord Mayor of London in 1790, began his Shakespeare Gallery to encourage British historical painting by commissioning paintings on the theme of Shakeapeare's plays from leading artists and reproducing them as high quality prints. When his gallery in Pall Mall opened in 1789 it contained 34 paintings; by the end it has nearly 170, by artists including Kauffman, Richard Westall, Thomas Stothard, George Romney, Henry Fuseli, Benjamin West, Robert Smirke, John Opie & Francesco Bartolozzi. 96 were engraved, published separately until the bound edition, ''A Collection of Prints, From Pictures Painted for the Purpose of Illustrating the Dramatic Works of Shakspeare, by the Artists of Great-Britain'' was issued in 1805. The project was over-ambitious and the cost caused the firm to go bankrupt.
See Ref: 59332 for Open lettered impression.
[Ref: 59333] £450.00
[Painted by J. Graham. Engraved by W. Leney.]
[Pub. Sept.r 29 1799 by J. & J. Boydell, at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall. & No 90 Cheapside London.]
Stipple, extremely rare proof before letters. 565 x 415mm (22¼ x 16¼"). Trimmed to plate, some creasing.
Othello standing over the bed of Desdemona as she sleeps, a candle and dagger in his hands. John Boydell (1720-1804), publisher and Lord Mayor of London in 1790, began his Shakespeare Gallery to encourage British historical painting by commissioning paintings on the theme of Shakeapeare's plays from leading artists and reproducing them as high quality prints. When his gallery in Pall Mall opened in 1789 it contained 34 paintings; by the end it has nearly 170, by artists including Kauffman, Richard Westall, Thomas Stothard, George Romney, Henry Fuseli, Benjamin West, Robert Smirke, John Opie & Francesco Bartolozzi. 96 were engraved, published separately until the bound edition, ''A Collection of Prints, From Pictures Painted for the Purpose of Illustrating the Dramatic Works of Shakspeare, by the Artists of Great-Britain'' was issued in 1805. The project was over-ambitious and the cost caused the firm to go bankrupt.
See Ref: 59332 for Open lettered impression.
[Ref: 59333] £450.00
![[Othello relating the history of his Life to Desdemona...]](jpegs/44200.jpg)
[Othello relating the history of his Life to Desdemona...] Othello racontant l'histoire de sa vie à Desdemona [...]
Peint par Fradelle. Gravé par Jazet.
A Paris, chez Jazet, Rue de Lanery, No. 7, et chez Aumont, Rue J.J. Rousseau, No 10 [c.1826]
Mezzotint, platemark 385 x 475mm (15¼ x 18¾"). Small margins.
Scene from Shakespeare's 'Othello', in which the eponymous character tells his beloved Desdemona and her father Brabantio of his travels and life being a soldier; Venetian landscape behind. French mezzotint after a painting by Henri Jean-Baptiste Victoire Fradelle (1778-1865) now in the collection of the Royal Shakespeare Company. Another mezzotint of the painting was made by English engraver William Say.
For Say's engraving of the painting see refs. 14768 and 41324.
[Ref: 44200] £360.00
Peint par Fradelle. Gravé par Jazet.
A Paris, chez Jazet, Rue de Lanery, No. 7, et chez Aumont, Rue J.J. Rousseau, No 10 [c.1826]
Mezzotint, platemark 385 x 475mm (15¼ x 18¾"). Small margins.
Scene from Shakespeare's 'Othello', in which the eponymous character tells his beloved Desdemona and her father Brabantio of his travels and life being a soldier; Venetian landscape behind. French mezzotint after a painting by Henri Jean-Baptiste Victoire Fradelle (1778-1865) now in the collection of the Royal Shakespeare Company. Another mezzotint of the painting was made by English engraver William Say.
For Say's engraving of the painting see refs. 14768 and 41324.
[Ref: 44200] £360.00
Othello relating the history of his Life to Brabantio and Desdemonda, These things to hear Which ever as she could with haste dispatch. Would Desdemona seriously incline: She'd come again, and with a greedy ear But still the house affairs would her thence: Devour up my discourse. Shakespeare Othello. Act I. Scene 3. From a Picture in the Collection of John Marshall Esq.r.
Painted by Henry Fradelle. Engraved by W.m Say Engraver to H.R.H. the Duke of Gloucester, 9. Mortimer Street, Cavendish Square. Printed by J. Lahee.
London, May 15th. 1826, Published by H. Fradelle, 8 Somerset Street, Portman Square. A Paris chez Chailloux Portelle Rue St. Honore.
Mezzotint, very fine with full margins, plate 442 x 512mm. 17¼ x 20".
Othello tells his father-in-law and beloved Desdemona of his travels and life being a soldier. After a painting by Henri Jean-Baptiste Victoire Fradelle (1778-1865), now in the collection of the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 14768] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by Henry Fradelle. Engraved by W.m Say Engraver to H.R.H. the Duke of Gloucester, 9. Mortimer Street, Cavendish Square. Printed by J. Lahee.
London, May 15th. 1826, Published by H. Fradelle, 8 Somerset Street, Portman Square. A Paris chez Chailloux Portelle Rue St. Honore.
Mezzotint, very fine with full margins, plate 442 x 512mm. 17¼ x 20".
Othello tells his father-in-law and beloved Desdemona of his travels and life being a soldier. After a painting by Henri Jean-Baptiste Victoire Fradelle (1778-1865), now in the collection of the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 14768] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
![[Othello.]](jpegs/14271.jpg)
[Othello.]
A. Deveria invt. et delt. Imp. Lith. de H. Gaugain.
[n.d. c.1850.]
Lithograph with etching. 208 x 191mm. 8¼ x 7½". Cut.
A representation of 'The Talisman' by Walter Scott. (Often retitled in France Histoires des Temps des croisades).
[Ref: 14271] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
A. Deveria invt. et delt. Imp. Lith. de H. Gaugain.
[n.d. c.1850.]
Lithograph with etching. 208 x 191mm. 8¼ x 7½". Cut.
A representation of 'The Talisman' by Walter Scott. (Often retitled in France Histoires des Temps des croisades).
[Ref: 14271] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
[Othello relating the history of his Life to Brabantio and Desdemonda, These things to hear Which ever as she could with haste dispatch. Would Desdemona seriously incline: She'd come again, and with a greedy ear But still the house affairs would her thence: Devour up my discourse. Shakespeare Othello. Act I. Scene 3. From a Picture in the Collection of John Marshall Esq.r.]
Painted by Henry Fradelle. Engraved by W.m Say Engraver to H.R.H. the Duke of Gloucester, 9. Mortimer Street, Cavendish Square. [Printed by J. Lahee.]
[London, May 15th. 1826, Published by H. Fradelle, 8 Somerset Street, Portman Square. A Paris chez Chailloux Portelle Rue St. Honore.]
Fine & scarce mezzotint, printed in colours and hand-finished. Sheet 390 x 480mm (15¼ x 18¾"). Trimmed to plate on three sides, into inscription area at bottom, backed on linen.
Othello tells his father-in-law and beloved Desdemona of his travels and life being a soldier. Indian cityscape in background. After a painting by Henri Jean-Baptiste Victoire Fradelle (1778-1865), now in the collection of the Royal Shakespeare Company.
[Ref: 41324] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by Henry Fradelle. Engraved by W.m Say Engraver to H.R.H. the Duke of Gloucester, 9. Mortimer Street, Cavendish Square. [Printed by J. Lahee.]
[London, May 15th. 1826, Published by H. Fradelle, 8 Somerset Street, Portman Square. A Paris chez Chailloux Portelle Rue St. Honore.]
Fine & scarce mezzotint, printed in colours and hand-finished. Sheet 390 x 480mm (15¼ x 18¾"). Trimmed to plate on three sides, into inscription area at bottom, backed on linen.
Othello tells his father-in-law and beloved Desdemona of his travels and life being a soldier. Indian cityscape in background. After a painting by Henri Jean-Baptiste Victoire Fradelle (1778-1865), now in the collection of the Royal Shakespeare Company.
[Ref: 41324] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Habit of Perdita in the Comedy of the Winters Tale. Perdita, dans la Comédie intitulée, The Winters Tale.
[Thomas Jefferys, n.d., c.1772.]
Hand coloured engraving. Sheet size: 270 x 200mm (10¾ x 8"). Fine original colour. Trimmed inside platemark.
The character of 'Perdita' in full costume, wearing an elaborately decorated large floral dress. She holds a tall staff wrapped in flowers in her left hand, and gestures outwardly with her right. Plate 239 from 'Collection of the dresses of different nations, antient [sic] and modern. Particularly old English dresses; after the designs of Holbein, Vandyke, Hollar and others, with an account of the authorities from which the figures are taken, and some short historical remarks on the subject. To which are added the habits of the principal characters on the English stage', published by Thomas Jefferys between 1757 - 1772.
[Ref: 34892] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
[Thomas Jefferys, n.d., c.1772.]
Hand coloured engraving. Sheet size: 270 x 200mm (10¾ x 8"). Fine original colour. Trimmed inside platemark.
The character of 'Perdita' in full costume, wearing an elaborately decorated large floral dress. She holds a tall staff wrapped in flowers in her left hand, and gestures outwardly with her right. Plate 239 from 'Collection of the dresses of different nations, antient [sic] and modern. Particularly old English dresses; after the designs of Holbein, Vandyke, Hollar and others, with an account of the authorities from which the figures are taken, and some short historical remarks on the subject. To which are added the habits of the principal characters on the English stage', published by Thomas Jefferys between 1757 - 1772.
[Ref: 34892] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Richard III.d Act 5, Scene 3.
Painted by J. Opie R.A. Engraved by W. Sharp.
[Publish'd Aug.t 1. 1794 by Mr. Woodmason, Leadenhall Street, London.]
Etching with engraving. Sheet 300 x 245mm (11¾ x 9¾"). Trimmed, losing publication line at bottom, mounted in album paper.
Richard sleeps restlessly in his tent holding his sword in left hand, dreaming of the ghosts of those he has killed, who appear as menacing figures on the left, one brandishing a dagger. From the series 'Woodmason's Shakespeare Gallery'.
[Ref: 57851] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by J. Opie R.A. Engraved by W. Sharp.
[Publish'd Aug.t 1. 1794 by Mr. Woodmason, Leadenhall Street, London.]
Etching with engraving. Sheet 300 x 245mm (11¾ x 9¾"). Trimmed, losing publication line at bottom, mounted in album paper.
Richard sleeps restlessly in his tent holding his sword in left hand, dreaming of the ghosts of those he has killed, who appear as menacing figures on the left, one brandishing a dagger. From the series 'Woodmason's Shakespeare Gallery'.
[Ref: 57851] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
![[Richard III] Smothering the Princes in the Tower.](jpegs/57888.jpg)
[Richard III] Smothering the Princes in the Tower.
[n.d., c.1830.]
Mezzotint with fine hand colour. Sheet 225 x 165mm (8¾ x 6½"). Trimmed within plate.
Two men, one holding a lamp, the other dressed in armour, lean towards the sleeping boys with a pillow.
[Ref: 57888] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1830.]
Mezzotint with fine hand colour. Sheet 225 x 165mm (8¾ x 6½"). Trimmed within plate.
Two men, one holding a lamp, the other dressed in armour, lean towards the sleeping boys with a pillow.
[Ref: 57888] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Richard III. Scene a Tent - ''Give me another ass, bind up my wounds! "Have mercy, there I say, you'll break my bones.'' Duncombe's, Miniature Caricature Magazine. No.9.
Marks fec.t.
London Pub.d by Duncombe, Book & Music Seller, 19, Little Queen Str.t Holborn. [n.d. c.1835.]
Etching with hand colour. 130 x 175mm (5 x 7"), very large margins Tear in margin.
A burlesque scene from Shakespeare's 'Henry III'.
[Ref: 57887] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
Marks fec.t.
London Pub.d by Duncombe, Book & Music Seller, 19, Little Queen Str.t Holborn. [n.d. c.1835.]
Etching with hand colour. 130 x 175mm (5 x 7"), very large margins Tear in margin.
A burlesque scene from Shakespeare's 'Henry III'.
[Ref: 57887] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
The Play-house Habit of King Richard the 3.d. Habit de Theatre du Roi Richard III.
[Thomas Jefferys, n.d., c.1772.]
Hand coloured engraving. Sheet size: 270 x 200mm (10¾ x 8"). Fine original colour. Trimmed inside platemark. Very slight staining bottom left.
William Shakespeare's Richard III, in full costume, directed to the left, with his right hand on his hip, holding up a scroll with his left hand. Plate 223 from 'Collection of the dresses of different nations, antient [sic] and modern. Particularly old English dresses; after the designs of Holbein, Vandyke, Hollar and others, with an account of the authorities from which the figures are taken, and some short historical remarks on the subject. To which are added the habits of the principal characters on the English stage', published by Thomas Jefferys between 1757 - 1772.
[Ref: 34883] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
[Thomas Jefferys, n.d., c.1772.]
Hand coloured engraving. Sheet size: 270 x 200mm (10¾ x 8"). Fine original colour. Trimmed inside platemark. Very slight staining bottom left.
William Shakespeare's Richard III, in full costume, directed to the left, with his right hand on his hip, holding up a scroll with his left hand. Plate 223 from 'Collection of the dresses of different nations, antient [sic] and modern. Particularly old English dresses; after the designs of Holbein, Vandyke, Hollar and others, with an account of the authorities from which the figures are taken, and some short historical remarks on the subject. To which are added the habits of the principal characters on the English stage', published by Thomas Jefferys between 1757 - 1772.
[Ref: 34883] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
![[Juliet at the Balcony.]](jpegs/14881.jpg)
[Juliet at the Balcony.]
[Painted by B. R. Haydon.] [Drawn on Stone by J. W. Giles.]
[London, Published July 1st. 1823 by J. Dickinson, 114 New Bond Street/Printed by C.Hullmandel.]
Lithograph. 236 x 190mm. 9¼ x 7½".
Romeo and Juliet embraving on the balcony at night. Romeo's hand points towards the rising sun, indicating that he must leave.
[Ref: 14881] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
[Painted by B. R. Haydon.] [Drawn on Stone by J. W. Giles.]
[London, Published July 1st. 1823 by J. Dickinson, 114 New Bond Street/Printed by C.Hullmandel.]
Lithograph. 236 x 190mm. 9¼ x 7½".
Romeo and Juliet embraving on the balcony at night. Romeo's hand points towards the rising sun, indicating that he must leave.
[Ref: 14881] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
Romeo and Juliet, Act V. Scene IV.
Wilson invent et delin. R.Houston fecit.
London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer, Map & printseller, No. 53 in Fleet Street.
Colour-printed mezzotint. 380 x 450mm, 15 x 17¾". Rare. Some wear to margins and discolouration.
Juliet discovered over the body or Romeo by Friar Laurence. After Benjamin Wilson (1721-88), painter and electrical scientist, who also painted 'David Garrick and George Anne Bellamy in 'Romeo and Juliet', Act V, Scene iii' (1753, Yale Centre for British Art).
[Ref: 13430] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Wilson invent et delin. R.Houston fecit.
London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer, Map & printseller, No. 53 in Fleet Street.
Colour-printed mezzotint. 380 x 450mm, 15 x 17¾". Rare. Some wear to margins and discolouration.
Juliet discovered over the body or Romeo by Friar Laurence. After Benjamin Wilson (1721-88), painter and electrical scientist, who also painted 'David Garrick and George Anne Bellamy in 'Romeo and Juliet', Act V, Scene iii' (1753, Yale Centre for British Art).
[Ref: 13430] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Illustrations of W. Shakespear. Merry Wives of Windsor. Twelfth Night. Midsummer Night's Dream. Measure for Measure.
[n.d., c.1840.]
Four lithographs from the same series, with fine hand colour, trimmed as scraps, mounted on album paper with titles. Sheet 290 x 210mm (11½ x 8¼"), with aquatint of Highland regiment piper on reverse.
[Ref: 57891] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1840.]
Four lithographs from the same series, with fine hand colour, trimmed as scraps, mounted on album paper with titles. Sheet 290 x 210mm (11½ x 8¼"), with aquatint of Highland regiment piper on reverse.
[Ref: 57891] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
![[The illustrations from Sir Thomas Hanmer's 'Works of Shakespear'.]](jpegs/57459.jpg)
[The illustrations from Sir Thomas Hanmer's 'Works of Shakespear'.]
F.Hayman Inv. H. Gravelot Sculp.
[Oxford: University Press, c.1743-4.]
Original wrappers; 39 engraved plates, in ink on frontis "Thos. Norris"; c.250 x 175mm (9¾ x 7"), with very large margins. Binding strained, some plates with small tears in margins, damp staining and age-toning.
The complete set of 36 scenes engraved by Hubert Gravelot after Francis Hayman. The other three plates are a portrait of Shakespeare after Houbraken, his memorial in Holy Trinity Church at Stratford-upon-Avon and Scheemakers' 18th-century monument in Poets' Corner, Westminster Abbey. The Oxford University Press published a deluxe six-volume illustrated edition of Shakespeare, the first complete edition to be published outside London. The fine bindings and the quality of the illustrations made the edition very popular; however Sir Thomas Hanmer (1677-1746, a Speaker of the House of Commons) had edited the text (not present here) with his own conjectures, without indictating what he had changed. 'William Shakespeare: A Textual Companion' (1997) describes the edition as ''one of the worst in the eighteenth century''.
[Ref: 57459] £850.00 view all images for this item
F.Hayman Inv. H. Gravelot Sculp.
[Oxford: University Press, c.1743-4.]
Original wrappers; 39 engraved plates, in ink on frontis "Thos. Norris"; c.250 x 175mm (9¾ x 7"), with very large margins. Binding strained, some plates with small tears in margins, damp staining and age-toning.
The complete set of 36 scenes engraved by Hubert Gravelot after Francis Hayman. The other three plates are a portrait of Shakespeare after Houbraken, his memorial in Holy Trinity Church at Stratford-upon-Avon and Scheemakers' 18th-century monument in Poets' Corner, Westminster Abbey. The Oxford University Press published a deluxe six-volume illustrated edition of Shakespeare, the first complete edition to be published outside London. The fine bindings and the quality of the illustrations made the edition very popular; however Sir Thomas Hanmer (1677-1746, a Speaker of the House of Commons) had edited the text (not present here) with his own conjectures, without indictating what he had changed. 'William Shakespeare: A Textual Companion' (1997) describes the edition as ''one of the worst in the eighteenth century''.
[Ref: 57459] £850.00 view all images for this item
Taming of the Shrew. Act III. Scene 3. I am Lucentio disguised thus to get your love.
J.K. Sherwin Inv.t et sculp.
Publishe'd according to Act of Parliament Nov.r 8.d 1774 by J. Bell in the Strand.
Etching, very fine impression, 200 x 120mm (8 x 4¾"). With old ink mss. ''No 13. 1774. Prize of 20 Gs. from y Society of Arts'. Large margins on 3 sides.
Romantic scene in library and musical instrument. Published for 'Bell's edition of Shakespeare's plays, as they are now performed at the Theatres Royal in London'.
[Ref: 57852] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
J.K. Sherwin Inv.t et sculp.
Publishe'd according to Act of Parliament Nov.r 8.d 1774 by J. Bell in the Strand.
Etching, very fine impression, 200 x 120mm (8 x 4¾"). With old ink mss. ''No 13. 1774. Prize of 20 Gs. from y Society of Arts'. Large margins on 3 sides.
Romantic scene in library and musical instrument. Published for 'Bell's edition of Shakespeare's plays, as they are now performed at the Theatres Royal in London'.
[Ref: 57852] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Shakspeare. Tempest. Act IV. Scene I. Prospero's cell . _ Propsero, Miranda, &c. &c.
Painted by Joseph Wright. Engraved by Robert Thew.
Pub. June 4. 1800, by J. & J. Boydell, at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall, & No 90 Cheapside, London.
Engraving with etching, 18th century watermark, open letter proof before quote from play. 510 x 640mm (20 x 25¼"), with large margins. Tears in bottom margin repaired, faint damp stains on left.
Ferdinand and Miranda watch amazed as Prospero controlls a circle of female spirits above their heads. Outside the cave Caliban stans on the sea shore. John Boydell (1720-1804), publisher and Lord Mayor of London in 1790, began his Shakespeare Gallery to encourage British historical painting by commissioning paintings on the theme of Shakeapeare's plays from leading artists and reproducing them as high quality prints. When his gallery in Pall Mall opened in 1789 it contained 34 paintings; by the end it has nearly 170, by artists including Kauffman, Richard Westall, Thomas Stothard, George Romney, Henry Fuseli, Benjamin West, Robert Smirke, John Opie & Francesco Bartolozzi. 96 were engraved, published separately until the bound edition, ''A Collection of Prints, From Pictures Painted for the Purpose of Illustrating the Dramatic Works of Shakspeare, by the Artists of Great-Britain'' was issued in 1805. The project was over-ambitious and the cost caused the firm to go bankrupt.
See Ref: 59329 for normal state.
[Ref: 59327] £320.00
Painted by Joseph Wright. Engraved by Robert Thew.
Pub. June 4. 1800, by J. & J. Boydell, at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall, & No 90 Cheapside, London.
Engraving with etching, 18th century watermark, open letter proof before quote from play. 510 x 640mm (20 x 25¼"), with large margins. Tears in bottom margin repaired, faint damp stains on left.
Ferdinand and Miranda watch amazed as Prospero controlls a circle of female spirits above their heads. Outside the cave Caliban stans on the sea shore. John Boydell (1720-1804), publisher and Lord Mayor of London in 1790, began his Shakespeare Gallery to encourage British historical painting by commissioning paintings on the theme of Shakeapeare's plays from leading artists and reproducing them as high quality prints. When his gallery in Pall Mall opened in 1789 it contained 34 paintings; by the end it has nearly 170, by artists including Kauffman, Richard Westall, Thomas Stothard, George Romney, Henry Fuseli, Benjamin West, Robert Smirke, John Opie & Francesco Bartolozzi. 96 were engraved, published separately until the bound edition, ''A Collection of Prints, From Pictures Painted for the Purpose of Illustrating the Dramatic Works of Shakspeare, by the Artists of Great-Britain'' was issued in 1805. The project was over-ambitious and the cost caused the firm to go bankrupt.
See Ref: 59329 for normal state.
[Ref: 59327] £320.00
![[The Tempest] [Prospero Disarming Ferdinand.]](jpegs/17192.jpg)
[The Tempest] [Prospero Disarming Ferdinand.]
[H.W. Bunbury. Engraved by F. Bartolozzi.]
Published according to Act of Parliament by Thomas Macklin of the Poets Gallery London 1792.
Stipple and etching in brown ink, progress proof before title, scratched publication line only, scarce. 410 x 480mm, 16 x 19".
Outside Prospero's grotto, the Duke stands waving a wand in the direction of Ferdinand at left, while Miranda kneels beside her father, tugging at his arm; behind in the cave Ariel plays a harp. Illustration of William Shakespeare's 'The Tempest' (Act 1, Scene 2), from the series 'Macklin's Shakespeare Gallery', After Henry William Bunbury (1750 - 1811).
[Ref: 17192] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
[H.W. Bunbury. Engraved by F. Bartolozzi.]
Published according to Act of Parliament by Thomas Macklin of the Poets Gallery London 1792.
Stipple and etching in brown ink, progress proof before title, scratched publication line only, scarce. 410 x 480mm, 16 x 19".
Outside Prospero's grotto, the Duke stands waving a wand in the direction of Ferdinand at left, while Miranda kneels beside her father, tugging at his arm; behind in the cave Ariel plays a harp. Illustration of William Shakespeare's 'The Tempest' (Act 1, Scene 2), from the series 'Macklin's Shakespeare Gallery', After Henry William Bunbury (1750 - 1811).
[Ref: 17192] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Shakspeare. Tempest. Act IV. Scene I. Prospero's cell . _ Propsero, Miranda, &c. &c.
Painted by Joseph Wright. Engraved by Robert Thew.
Pub. June 4. 1800, by J. & J. Boydell, at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall, & No 90 Cheapside, London.
Engraving with etching, very fine impression, 1794 watermark. 510 x 640mm (20 x 25¼"). Repairs to margins and edges of plate. Small margins.
Ferdinand and Miranda watch amazed as Prospero controlls a circle of female spirits above their heads. Outside the cave Caliban stans on the sea shore. John Boydell (1720-1804), publisher and Lord Mayor of London in 1790, began his Shakespeare Gallery to encourage British historical painting by commissioning paintings on the theme of Shakeapeare's plays from leading artists and reproducing them as high quality prints. When his gallery in Pall Mall opened in 1789 it contained 34 paintings; by the end it has nearly 170, by artists including Kauffman, Richard Westall, Thomas Stothard, George Romney, Henry Fuseli, Benjamin West, Robert Smirke, John Opie & Francesco Bartolozzi. 96 were engraved, published separately until the bound edition, ''A Collection of Prints, From Pictures Painted for the Purpose of Illustrating the Dramatic Works of Shakspeare, by the Artists of Great-Britain'' was issued in 1805. The project was over-ambitious and the cost caused the firm to go bankrupt.
See Ref: 59327 for Open letter Proof.
[Ref: 59329] £320.00
Painted by Joseph Wright. Engraved by Robert Thew.
Pub. June 4. 1800, by J. & J. Boydell, at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall, & No 90 Cheapside, London.
Engraving with etching, very fine impression, 1794 watermark. 510 x 640mm (20 x 25¼"). Repairs to margins and edges of plate. Small margins.
Ferdinand and Miranda watch amazed as Prospero controlls a circle of female spirits above their heads. Outside the cave Caliban stans on the sea shore. John Boydell (1720-1804), publisher and Lord Mayor of London in 1790, began his Shakespeare Gallery to encourage British historical painting by commissioning paintings on the theme of Shakeapeare's plays from leading artists and reproducing them as high quality prints. When his gallery in Pall Mall opened in 1789 it contained 34 paintings; by the end it has nearly 170, by artists including Kauffman, Richard Westall, Thomas Stothard, George Romney, Henry Fuseli, Benjamin West, Robert Smirke, John Opie & Francesco Bartolozzi. 96 were engraved, published separately until the bound edition, ''A Collection of Prints, From Pictures Painted for the Purpose of Illustrating the Dramatic Works of Shakspeare, by the Artists of Great-Britain'' was issued in 1805. The project was over-ambitious and the cost caused the firm to go bankrupt.
See Ref: 59327 for Open letter Proof.
[Ref: 59329] £320.00
Shakspeare. Tempest. Act IV. Scene I. Prospero's cell . _ Propsero, Miranda, &c. &c.
Painted by Joseph Wright. Engraved by Robert Thew.
Pub. June 4. 1800, by J. & J. Boydell, at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall, & No 90 Cheapside, London.
Engraving with etching, J. Whatman 1794 watermark. 510 x 640mm (20 x 25¼"), very large margins. Some restoration.
Ferdinand and Miranda watch amazed as Prospero controlls a circle of female spirits above their heads. Outside the cave Caliban stans on the sea shore. John Boydell (1720-1804), publisher and Lord Mayor of London in 1790, began his Shakespeare Gallery to encourage British historical painting by commissioning paintings on the theme of Shakeapeare's plays from leading artists and reproducing them as high quality prints. When his gallery in Pall Mall opened in 1789 it contained 34 paintings; by the end it has nearly 170, by artists including Kauffman, Richard Westall, Thomas Stothard, George Romney, Henry Fuseli, Benjamin West, Robert Smirke, John Opie & Francesco Bartolozzi. 96 were engraved, published separately until the bound edition, ''A Collection of Prints, From Pictures Painted for the Purpose of Illustrating the Dramatic Works of Shakspeare, by the Artists of Great-Britain'' was issued in 1805. The project was over-ambitious and the cost caused the firm to go bankrupt.
[Ref: 59330] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by Joseph Wright. Engraved by Robert Thew.
Pub. June 4. 1800, by J. & J. Boydell, at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall, & No 90 Cheapside, London.
Engraving with etching, J. Whatman 1794 watermark. 510 x 640mm (20 x 25¼"), very large margins. Some restoration.
Ferdinand and Miranda watch amazed as Prospero controlls a circle of female spirits above their heads. Outside the cave Caliban stans on the sea shore. John Boydell (1720-1804), publisher and Lord Mayor of London in 1790, began his Shakespeare Gallery to encourage British historical painting by commissioning paintings on the theme of Shakeapeare's plays from leading artists and reproducing them as high quality prints. When his gallery in Pall Mall opened in 1789 it contained 34 paintings; by the end it has nearly 170, by artists including Kauffman, Richard Westall, Thomas Stothard, George Romney, Henry Fuseli, Benjamin West, Robert Smirke, John Opie & Francesco Bartolozzi. 96 were engraved, published separately until the bound edition, ''A Collection of Prints, From Pictures Painted for the Purpose of Illustrating the Dramatic Works of Shakspeare, by the Artists of Great-Britain'' was issued in 1805. The project was over-ambitious and the cost caused the firm to go bankrupt.
[Ref: 59330] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
![[The Tempest] Miranda's first sight of Ferdinand.](jpegs/17334.jpg)
[The Tempest] Miranda's first sight of Ferdinand. The fringed curtains of thine eye advance...It carries a brave form: But 'tis a Spirit. Eléve tes yeux embragés de leurs longues paupières : Il offre une forme bien noble. Mais c’est un espirit. Shakespeare Tempest Act Ist. From an Original Drawing in the Collection of Charles Boddam Esq.r.
S. Harding delin.t P.W. Tomkins sculp.t pupil of F. Bartolozzi.
London Publish'd April 13. 1783 by Tho.s Mackling No.39 Fleet Street.
Stipple. Plate 370 x 330mm. 14½ x 13". Trimmed to the plate.
Miranda with her father Prospero on the shore, as the turn to see Ferdinand, Alonso's on for the first time. Ariel hovers on a cloud playing a pipe.
[Ref: 17334] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
S. Harding delin.t P.W. Tomkins sculp.t pupil of F. Bartolozzi.
London Publish'd April 13. 1783 by Tho.s Mackling No.39 Fleet Street.
Stipple. Plate 370 x 330mm. 14½ x 13". Trimmed to the plate.
Miranda with her father Prospero on the shore, as the turn to see Ferdinand, Alonso's on for the first time. Ariel hovers on a cloud playing a pipe.
[Ref: 17334] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Shakspeare. Titus Andronicus. Act IV. Scene I.
Painted by Tho.s Kirk. Engrav'd by Tho.s Kirk.
Publish'd Dec.r 24 1793 by John & Josiah Boydell, at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall. & No 90 Cheapside London.
Stipple, open letter proof, without lines of verse. 565 x 415mm (22¼ x 16¼"), with wide margins, uncut. Damp stains in top right margin.
Lucius flees from his aunt Lavinia, fearing that she is crazed. In fact, she merely wants to get to the book he is carrying, Ovid's Metamorphoses. She then turns through its pages until she reaches the story of Philomela and Tereus (Tereus rapes his sister-in-law Philomela and then cuts off her tongue so that she cannot reveal the crime), which she shows to her father and uncle to indicate what has been done to her. John Boydell (1720-1804), publisher and Lord Mayor of London in 1790, began his Shakespeare Gallery to encourage British historical painting by commissioning paintings on the theme of Shakeapeare's plays from leading artists and reproducing them as high quality prints. When his gallery in Pall Mall opened in 1789 it contained 34 paintings; by the end it has nearly 170, by artists including Angelica Kauffman, Richard Westall, Thomas Stothard, George Romney, Henry Fuseli, Benjamin West, Robert Smirke, John Opie & Francesco Bartolozzi. 96 were engraved, published separately until the bound edition, ''A Collection of Prints, From Pictures Painted for the Purpose of Illustrating the Dramatic Works of Shakspeare, by the Artists of Great-Britain'' was issued in 1805. The project was over-ambitious, and the cost caused the firm to go bankrupt.
[Ref: 54000] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by Tho.s Kirk. Engrav'd by Tho.s Kirk.
Publish'd Dec.r 24 1793 by John & Josiah Boydell, at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall. & No 90 Cheapside London.
Stipple, open letter proof, without lines of verse. 565 x 415mm (22¼ x 16¼"), with wide margins, uncut. Damp stains in top right margin.
Lucius flees from his aunt Lavinia, fearing that she is crazed. In fact, she merely wants to get to the book he is carrying, Ovid's Metamorphoses. She then turns through its pages until she reaches the story of Philomela and Tereus (Tereus rapes his sister-in-law Philomela and then cuts off her tongue so that she cannot reveal the crime), which she shows to her father and uncle to indicate what has been done to her. John Boydell (1720-1804), publisher and Lord Mayor of London in 1790, began his Shakespeare Gallery to encourage British historical painting by commissioning paintings on the theme of Shakeapeare's plays from leading artists and reproducing them as high quality prints. When his gallery in Pall Mall opened in 1789 it contained 34 paintings; by the end it has nearly 170, by artists including Angelica Kauffman, Richard Westall, Thomas Stothard, George Romney, Henry Fuseli, Benjamin West, Robert Smirke, John Opie & Francesco Bartolozzi. 96 were engraved, published separately until the bound edition, ''A Collection of Prints, From Pictures Painted for the Purpose of Illustrating the Dramatic Works of Shakspeare, by the Artists of Great-Britain'' was issued in 1805. The project was over-ambitious, and the cost caused the firm to go bankrupt.
[Ref: 54000] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Shakespeare. Troilus & Cressida. Act V. Scene II.
Painted by Angelica Kauffman. Engraved by I. Schiavonetti.
Published Jan.y 1:st 1795, by John & Josiah Boydell at the Shakespeare Gallery, Pall Mall; & at No. 90, Cheapside, London.
Stipple, very fine impression, open letter proof before quote from play. 495 x 630mm (19¾ x 24¾"), with large margins.
Ulysses restrains Troilius, who watches from behind hangings in Calchas' tent, as Cressida sits holding Diomedes by the hand, agreeing finally to give him the sleeve Troilius gave her as a love token. John Boydell (1720-1804), publisher and Lord Mayor of London in 1790, began his Shakespeare Gallery to encourage British historical painting by commissioning paintings on the theme of Shakeapeare's plays from leading artists and reproducing them as high quality prints. When his gallery in Pall Mall opened in 1789 it contained 34 paintings; by the end it has nearly 170, by artists including Kauffman, Richard Westall, Thomas Stothard, George Romney, Henry Fuseli, Benjamin West, Robert Smirke, John Opie & Francesco Bartolozzi. 96 were engraved, published separately until the bound edition, ''A Collection of Prints, From Pictures Painted for the Purpose of Illustrating the Dramatic Works of Shakspeare, by the Artists of Great-Britain'' was issued in 1805. The project was over-ambitious and the cost caused the firm to go bankrupt.
Alexander: 297 [Kauffman].
[Ref: 59326] £420.00
Painted by Angelica Kauffman. Engraved by I. Schiavonetti.
Published Jan.y 1:st 1795, by John & Josiah Boydell at the Shakespeare Gallery, Pall Mall; & at No. 90, Cheapside, London.
Stipple, very fine impression, open letter proof before quote from play. 495 x 630mm (19¾ x 24¾"), with large margins.
Ulysses restrains Troilius, who watches from behind hangings in Calchas' tent, as Cressida sits holding Diomedes by the hand, agreeing finally to give him the sleeve Troilius gave her as a love token. John Boydell (1720-1804), publisher and Lord Mayor of London in 1790, began his Shakespeare Gallery to encourage British historical painting by commissioning paintings on the theme of Shakeapeare's plays from leading artists and reproducing them as high quality prints. When his gallery in Pall Mall opened in 1789 it contained 34 paintings; by the end it has nearly 170, by artists including Kauffman, Richard Westall, Thomas Stothard, George Romney, Henry Fuseli, Benjamin West, Robert Smirke, John Opie & Francesco Bartolozzi. 96 were engraved, published separately until the bound edition, ''A Collection of Prints, From Pictures Painted for the Purpose of Illustrating the Dramatic Works of Shakspeare, by the Artists of Great-Britain'' was issued in 1805. The project was over-ambitious and the cost caused the firm to go bankrupt.
Alexander: 297 [Kauffman].
[Ref: 59326] £420.00
Shakspeare. Winter's Tale, Act III. Scene III.
Painted by J.h Wright. Engrav'd by S. Middiman.
Publish'd June 4. 1794, by John & Josiah Boydell, at the Shakspeare Gallery Pall Mall, & Cheapside.
Engraving with etching, J. Whatman 1794 watermark, 500 x 630mm (19¾ x 24¾"), with large margins. Small tear in edge taped.
Attempting to return to the baby, Perdita, whom he has just abandoned on the coast of land-locked Bohemia, Antigonus is chased away by a wild animal. This action creates Shakespeare's most famous stage direction: ''Exit Antigonus, pursued by a bear''. John Boydell (1720-1804), publisher and Lord Mayor of London in 1790, began his Shakespeare Gallery to encourage British historical painting by commissioning paintings on the theme of Shakeapeare's plays from leading artists and reproducing them as high quality prints. When his gallery in Pall Mall opened in 1789 it contained 34 paintings; by the end it has nearly 170, by artists including Kauffman, Richard Westall, Thomas Stothard, George Romney, Henry Fuseli, Benjamin West, Robert Smirke, John Opie & Francesco Bartolozzi. 96 were engraved, published separately until the bound edition, ''A Collection of Prints, From Pictures Painted for the Purpose of Illustrating the Dramatic Works of Shakspeare, by the Artists of Great-Britain'' was issued in 1805. The project was over-ambitious and the cost caused the firm to go bankrupt.
[Ref: 59331] £320.00
Painted by J.h Wright. Engrav'd by S. Middiman.
Publish'd June 4. 1794, by John & Josiah Boydell, at the Shakspeare Gallery Pall Mall, & Cheapside.
Engraving with etching, J. Whatman 1794 watermark, 500 x 630mm (19¾ x 24¾"), with large margins. Small tear in edge taped.
Attempting to return to the baby, Perdita, whom he has just abandoned on the coast of land-locked Bohemia, Antigonus is chased away by a wild animal. This action creates Shakespeare's most famous stage direction: ''Exit Antigonus, pursued by a bear''. John Boydell (1720-1804), publisher and Lord Mayor of London in 1790, began his Shakespeare Gallery to encourage British historical painting by commissioning paintings on the theme of Shakeapeare's plays from leading artists and reproducing them as high quality prints. When his gallery in Pall Mall opened in 1789 it contained 34 paintings; by the end it has nearly 170, by artists including Kauffman, Richard Westall, Thomas Stothard, George Romney, Henry Fuseli, Benjamin West, Robert Smirke, John Opie & Francesco Bartolozzi. 96 were engraved, published separately until the bound edition, ''A Collection of Prints, From Pictures Painted for the Purpose of Illustrating the Dramatic Works of Shakspeare, by the Artists of Great-Britain'' was issued in 1805. The project was over-ambitious and the cost caused the firm to go bankrupt.
[Ref: 59331] £320.00
Shakspeare. Winter's Tale, Act III. Scene III.
Painted by J.h Wright. Engrav'd by S. Middiman.
Publish'd June 4. 1794, by John & Josiah Boydell, at the Shakspeare Gallery Pall Mall, & Cheapside.
Engraving with etching. 500 x 630mm (19¾ x 24¾"), with large margins. Creasing where rolled.
Attempting to return to the baby, Perdita, whom he has just abandoned on the coast of land-locked Bohemia, Antigonus is chased away by a wild animal. This action creates Shakespeare's most famous stage direction: ''Exit Antigonus, pursued by a bear''. John Boydell (1720-1804), publisher and Lord Mayor of London in 1790, began his Shakespeare Gallery to encourage British historical painting by commissioning paintings on the theme of Shakeapeare's plays from leading artists and reproducing them as high quality prints. When his gallery in Pall Mall opened in 1789 it contained 34 paintings; by the end it has nearly 170, by artists including Kauffman, Richard Westall, Thomas Stothard, George Romney, Henry Fuseli, Benjamin West, Robert Smirke, John Opie & Francesco Bartolozzi. 96 were engraved, published separately until the bound edition, ''A Collection of Prints, From Pictures Painted for the Purpose of Illustrating the Dramatic Works of Shakspeare, by the Artists of Great-Britain'' was issued in 1805. The project was over-ambitious and the cost caused the firm to go bankrupt.
[Ref: 59324] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by J.h Wright. Engrav'd by S. Middiman.
Publish'd June 4. 1794, by John & Josiah Boydell, at the Shakspeare Gallery Pall Mall, & Cheapside.
Engraving with etching. 500 x 630mm (19¾ x 24¾"), with large margins. Creasing where rolled.
Attempting to return to the baby, Perdita, whom he has just abandoned on the coast of land-locked Bohemia, Antigonus is chased away by a wild animal. This action creates Shakespeare's most famous stage direction: ''Exit Antigonus, pursued by a bear''. John Boydell (1720-1804), publisher and Lord Mayor of London in 1790, began his Shakespeare Gallery to encourage British historical painting by commissioning paintings on the theme of Shakeapeare's plays from leading artists and reproducing them as high quality prints. When his gallery in Pall Mall opened in 1789 it contained 34 paintings; by the end it has nearly 170, by artists including Kauffman, Richard Westall, Thomas Stothard, George Romney, Henry Fuseli, Benjamin West, Robert Smirke, John Opie & Francesco Bartolozzi. 96 were engraved, published separately until the bound edition, ''A Collection of Prints, From Pictures Painted for the Purpose of Illustrating the Dramatic Works of Shakspeare, by the Artists of Great-Britain'' was issued in 1805. The project was over-ambitious and the cost caused the firm to go bankrupt.
[Ref: 59324] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[The Winter's Tale] [The Finding of Perdita.]](jpegs/23926.jpg)
[The Winter's Tale] [The Finding of Perdita.]
Painted by Henry Thomson, R.A. Engraved by I.S. Agar.
Published Aug. 21. 1832: for the Chalcographic Society, by I.S. Agar, Angel Lane, Hammersmith, and may be had of the principal Printsellers in the United Kingdom.
Stipple and engraving on india paper, proof before title with a royal crest below the image. A fine impression, with wide margins.
An illustration of William Shakespeare's 'The Winter's Tale' (Act I, Scene III): the shepherd kneels in the shelter of rocks, lifting a rich fringed shawl covering the baby Perdita with both hands; he looks up to right at a boy, who carries a basket and spade and looks down on the child in surprise and delight. A dog standing to left, a scroll and casket on the ground. This is actually a re-published plate; the print was first published in 1824. After Henry Thomson RA (1773 - 1843).
[Ref: 23926] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by Henry Thomson, R.A. Engraved by I.S. Agar.
Published Aug. 21. 1832: for the Chalcographic Society, by I.S. Agar, Angel Lane, Hammersmith, and may be had of the principal Printsellers in the United Kingdom.
Stipple and engraving on india paper, proof before title with a royal crest below the image. A fine impression, with wide margins.
An illustration of William Shakespeare's 'The Winter's Tale' (Act I, Scene III): the shepherd kneels in the shelter of rocks, lifting a rich fringed shawl covering the baby Perdita with both hands; he looks up to right at a boy, who carries a basket and spade and looks down on the child in surprise and delight. A dog standing to left, a scroll and casket on the ground. This is actually a re-published plate; the print was first published in 1824. After Henry Thomson RA (1773 - 1843).
[Ref: 23926] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)