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Midsummer Night's Dream, William Shakespeare British, Illustrations: commercial process and engraving
Midsummer Night's Dream
Multiple artists/makers
[1870]
The Plays of William Shakespeare, vol. 1, containing The Tempest, Two Gentlemen of Verona, Merry Wives of Windsor, William Shakespeare British, Illustrations: etching and engraving
The Plays of William Shakespeare, vol. 1, containing The Tempest, Two Gentlemen of Verona, Merry Wives of Windsor
Multiple artists/makers
1805
Scenes from the Winter's Tale, William Shakespeare British, Illustrations: color lithographs
Scenes from the Winter's Tale
Multiple artists/makers
1866
Songs of Shakespeare, Illustrated by the Etching Club, William Shakespeare British, Illustrations: etching
Songs of Shakespeare, Illustrated by the Etching Club
Multiple artists/makers
1843
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Multiple artists/makers
1870
The Most Excellent Historie of The Merchant of Venice
Multiple artists/makers
1860
The Plays of William Shakespeare, vol. 6, containing King Henry the Sixth, Part 3, King Richard the Third, King Henry the Eighth, Troilus and Cressida
Multiple artists/makers
1805
The Plays of William Shakespeare, vol. 9, containing Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Othello
Multiple artists/makers
1805
The Plays of William Shakespeare, vol. 2, containing Twelfth Night, Measure for Measure, Much Ado About Nothing, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Love's Labour's Lost
Multiple artists/makers
1805
A Midsummer Night's Dream...
Multiple artists/makers
1895
Shakespeare's Sonnets
Multiple artists/makers
1899
The Red Letter Shakespeare, As You Like It
Multiple artists/makers
1905
The Plays of William Shakespeare, vol. 5, containing King Henry the Fourth, Part 2, King Henry the Fifth, King Henry the Sixth, Part 1, King Henry the Sixth, Part 2
Multiple artists/makers
1805
The Plays of William Shakespeare, vol 8, containing Cymbeline, Titus Andronicus, Pericles, King Lear
Multiple artists/makers
1805
The Plays of William Shakespeare, vol. 3, containing The Merchant of Venice, As You Like It, All's Well That Ends Well, Taming of the Shrew, A Winter's Tale
Multiple artists/makers
1805
The Plays of William Shakespeare, vol. 4, containing Comedy of Errors, Macbeth, King John, King Richard the Second, King Henry the Fourth, Part 1
Multiple artists/makers
1805
The Plays of William Shakespeare, vol. 7, containing Timon of Athens, Coriolanus, Julius Caesar, Antony and Cleopatra
Multiple artists/makers
1805
A Midsummer-Night's Dream
Multiple artists/makers
1868
Shakespeare's Plays: With His Life
Multiple artists/makers
1847
Venus and Adonis
Multiple artists/makers
1931
The Winter's Tale
Multiple artists/makers
1922
Pity, William Blake British, Relief etching, printed in color and finished with pen and ink and watercolor
Pity
William Blake
William Shakespeare
ca. 1795
Male with a staff in a storm (recto). Anatomical studies of a foot (verso), William Hamilton British, Recto: pen and black ink, brush and gray wash, over graphite<br/>Verso: pen and brown ink
Male with a staff in a storm (recto). Anatomical studies of a foot (verso)
William Hamilton
William Shakespeare
1770–80
[Death Mask of Shakespeare]
London Stereoscopic and Photographic Company
William Shakespeare
ca. 1865
Design for a Desk with Decorations from "A Midsummer Night's Dream", G. Clark Stanton British, Scottish, Graphite
Design for a Desk with Decorations from "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
G. Clark Stanton
William Shakespeare
1851
"Away!": plate 7 from Othello (Act 3, Scene 4), Théodore Chassériau French, Etching, engraving, roulette, drypoint, and aquatint or sulphur tint on chine collé; second edition (Gazette des Beaux-Arts)
"Away!": plate 7 from Othello (Act 3, Scene 4)
Théodore Chassériau
William Shakespeare
etched 1844, reprinted 1900
Macbeth Consulting the Witches, Eugène Delacroix French, Lithograph; third state of five
Macbeth Consulting the Witches
Eugène Delacroix
William Shakespeare
1825
Death of Ophelia, Eugène Delacroix French, Lithograph; first state of three
Death of Ophelia
Eugène Delacroix
William Shakespeare
1843
The Murder of Polonius, Eugène Delacroix French, Lithograph; second state of three
The Murder of Polonius
Eugène Delacroix
William Shakespeare
1834–43
The Queen Tries to Console Hamlet, Eugène Delacroix French, Lithograph; second state of four
The Queen Tries to Console Hamlet
Eugène Delacroix
William Shakespeare
1834
Illustration to the Tempest: Caliban, Ferdinand and Ariel, Henry Courtney Selous British, Graphite and pen and red ink
Illustration to the Tempest: Caliban, Ferdinand and Ariel
Henry Courtney Selous
William Shakespeare
1836
The Vine, or Plumpy Bacchus, Samuel Palmer British, Etching on chine collé; fourth state of four
The Vine, or Plumpy Bacchus
Samuel Palmer
William Shakespeare
1880
Cover Designs for the Elizabethan Edition of Shakespeare's Works, published by Thomas Y. Crowell, Bertram Goodhue American, Graphite
Cover Designs for the Elizabethan Edition of Shakespeare's Works, published by Thomas Y. Crowell
Bertram Goodhue
William Shakespeare
ca. 1904
Richard II, from "Twelve Characters from Shakespeare", John Hamilton Mortimer British, Etching
Richard II, from "Twelve Characters from Shakespeare"
John Hamilton Mortimer
William Shakespeare
May 20, 1775
Cassandra, from "Twelve Characters from Shakespeare", John Hamilton Mortimer British, Etching
Cassandra, from "Twelve Characters from Shakespeare"
John Hamilton Mortimer
William Shakespeare
March 15, 1776
Ophelia, from "Twelve Characters from Shakespeare", John Hamilton Mortimer British, Etching
Ophelia, from "Twelve Characters from Shakespeare"
John Hamilton Mortimer
William Shakespeare
May 20, 1775
Edgar, from "Twelve Characters from Shakespeare", John Hamilton Mortimer British, Etching
Edgar, from "Twelve Characters from Shakespeare"
John Hamilton Mortimer
William Shakespeare
May 20, 1775
Caliban, from "Twelve Characters from Shakespeare", John Hamilton Mortimer British, Etching
Caliban, from "Twelve Characters from Shakespeare"
John Hamilton Mortimer
William Shakespeare
May 20, 1775
Poet, from "Twelve Characters from Shakespeare", John Hamilton Mortimer British, Etching
Poet, from "Twelve Characters from Shakespeare"
John Hamilton Mortimer
William Shakespeare
May 20, 1775
"Jocund Day Stands Tip Toe on the Misty Mountain Tops" (Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, Act 3, Scene 5), George Richmond British, Graphite
"Jocund Day Stands Tip Toe on the Misty Mountain Tops" (Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, Act 3, Scene 5)
George Richmond
William Shakespeare
ca. 1830
"O Spartan dog": plate 15 from Othello (Act 5, Scene 2), Théodore Chassériau French, Etching, engraving, roulette, drypoint, aquatint or sulphur tint on chine collé
"O Spartan dog": plate 15 from Othello (Act 5, Scene 2)
Théodore Chassériau
William Shakespeare
1844
Frontispiece, from Othello, Théodore Chassériau French, Etching, engraving, roulette, drypoint on chine collé
Frontispiece, from Othello
Théodore Chassériau
William Shakespeare
1900