The Plays of William Shakespeare, vol 8, containing Cymbeline, Titus Andronicus, Pericles, King Lear

1805

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Fuseli designed the illustrations in this ten-volume set of Shakepeare's plays, edited by George Steevens, and published in 1803. Various printmakers translated sketches supplied by the artist into tightly controlled images with no detail left to the imagination. A high degree of finish was expected from a good reproductive engravers in this period.

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Title: The Plays of William Shakespeare, vol 8, containing Cymbeline, Titus Andronicus, Pericles, King Lear
Author: William Shakespeare (British, Stratford-upon-Avon 1564–1616 Stratford-upon-Avon)
Editor: Alexander Chalmers, A.M. (British (born Scotland), Aberdeen 1759–1834 London)
Editor: George Steevens (British, Stepney 1734–1800 Hampstead)
Illustrator: Henry Fuseli (Swiss, Zürich 1741–1825 London)
Engraver: Robert Hartley Cromek (British, Hull 1771–1812 London)
Engraver: John Dadley (British, 1767–after 1807)
Engraver: Richard Rhodes (British, 1765–1838)
Publisher: F. C. & J. Rivington (London)
Printer: C. and R. Baldwin (British, active London 1804–10)
Published in: London
Date: 1805
Medium: Illustrations: etching and engraving
Dimensions: 8 5/8 x 5 9/16 x 1 5/16 in. (21.9 x 14.1 x 3.4 cm)
Classification: Books
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1971
Object Number: 1971.559.10(8)
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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