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Hamlet and the Ghost of his Father

Adam Vogler

mid-19th century

Before the Duke's Palace–Rosalind, Celia, Orlando, the Duke & Attendants (Shakespeare, As You Like It, Act 1, Scene 2)

William Satchwell Leney

first published 1800; reissued 1852

Claudio, from "Illustrated London News"

William Luson Thomas

May 25, 1861

William Shakespeare

William Holl, the Elder

1827

Mr. Kean in the Character of Macbeth

Henry Meyer

March 20, 1815

Ophelia (Shakespeare's Hamlet)

Edward Gordon Craig

1910

Card Number 108, Macbeth, from the Actors and Actresses series (N145-2) issued by Duke Sons & Co. to promote Cross Cut Cigarettes

W. Duke, Sons & Co.

1880s

Mrs. Ford and Mrs Page (Shakespeare, Merry Wives of Windsor, Act 2, Scene 1)

Robert Thew

1793

Male with a staff in a storm (recto). Anatomical studies of a foot (verso)

William Hamilton

1770–80

John Henderson, in the Character of Iago (Shakespeare's Othello)

Francesco Bartolozzi

1786

Cleopatra, Eros, Antony, Charmian and Iras (Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra, Act 3, Scene 9)

Charles Rolls

1825–40

Cassandra (from "Twelve Characters from Shakespeare")

John Hamilton Mortimer

March 15, 1776

An Odd Angle of the Isle (The Tempest, Act 1, Scene 2)

Maxfield Parrish

1909–1910

The Combat in Macbeth (Shakespeare, Macbeth, act 5, scene 8)

George Cruikshank

1818–19

Lady Macbeth

Lisa Rhana

1926–7

Sir Toby Belch and Sir Andrew Aguecheek (Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, Act 2, Scene 3)

Henry Chawner Shenton, the elder

1825–27

Miss O'Neill as Juliet

George Dawe

May 30, 1816

William Shakespeare

Charles William Sherborn

Miss Lizzie Weston as Oberon: "And Maidens call it, love in idleness. Fetch me that flower" (Midsummer Night's Dream, Act 2, Scene 2)

Martin & Johnson, New York

1855

For November 1827: It is the Very Fashion of the Time

William Heath ('Paul Pry')

November 1827

Kemble and Mrs. Siddons in Macbeth (Act 2, Scene 2)

Thomas Rowlandson

1788–1850

Much Ado About Nothing

William Heath ('Paul Pry')

1828

Macbeth Consulting the Witches

Eugène Delacroix

1825

A Scene in Cymbeline (Shakespeare, Act 3, Scene 4)

James Walker

January 10, 1783

Mr. Young as Iago

John William Gear

ca. 1824

Poet (from "Twelve Characters from Shakespeare")

John Hamilton Mortimer

May 20, 1775

Angelo's House–Escalus, a Justice, Elbow, Froth, Clown, Officers, etc. (Shakespeare, Measure for Measure, Act 2, Scene 1)

Thomas Ryder I

April 23, 1798

Mr. Garrick in the Character of Richard III

William Hogarth

June 20, 1746

Polonius and Hamlet

Eugène Delacroix

1834–43

A Book of Shakespeare's Songs, with musical settings by various composers

1903

Shakespeare's Birthplace, collector card from the Famous Buildings series (D30), issued by the Weber Baking Company

Weber Baking Company

early 20th century

Mr. Edward Eddy as Posthumous: "Kneel not to me" (Cymbelline, Act 5, Scene 5)

Martin & Johnson, New York

1855

Cassandra Raving (Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida, Act 2, Scene 2)

Francis Legat

first published 1795; reissued 1852

Venus and Adonis (Shakespeare, Poems, Verse 3, line 13)

Charles Rolls

1825–40

Design for a Vase Honoring a Shakespearean Tragic Actor

John Flaxman

18th–19th century

King Lear and Cordelia (Shakespeare, King Lear, Act 4, Scene 7)

Francesco Bartolozzi

ca. 1783

Macbeth IV

Wilhelm Lehmbruck

1918

Actor or Second Player–The Tragicall Historie of Hamlet Prince of Denmarke, Act 2, Scene 3

Edward Gordon Craig

ca. 1928

Falstaff on the Battlefield (Shakespeare, King Henry IV, Part I, Act 5, Scene 4)

Charles Heath, the elder

1825

Hartford Building and Loan Association: Hamlet

Wilbur Macey Stone

1897

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