Victorian Illustrated Shakespeare Archive

by Michael John Goodman

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  • Charles Knight (ed.)
    • Comedies
      • All’s Well That Ends Well
      • As You Like It
      • The Merchant of Venice
      • A Midsummer Night’s Dream
      • The Comedy of Errors
      • Love’s Labour’s Lost
      • Measure for Measure
      • The Merry Wives of Windsor
      • Much Ado About Nothing
      • The Taming of the Shrew
      • The Tempest
      • Twelfth Night
      • The Two Gentlemen of Verona
      • The Winter’s Tale
    • Histories
      • King Henry IV Part I
      • King Henry IV Part II
      • King Henry V
      • King Henry VI Part I
      • King Henry VI Part II
      • King Henry VI Part III
      • King Henry VIII
      • King John
      • King Richard II
      • King Richard III
    • Tragedies
      • Antony and Cleopatra
      • Coriolanus
      • Cymbeline
      • King Lear
      • Hamlet
      • Julius Caesar
      • Macbeth
      • Othello
      • Romeo and Juliet
      • Timon of Athens
      • Troilus and Cressida
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  • Kenny Meadows
    • Comedies
      • All’s Well That Ends Well
      • As You Like It
      • The Comedy of Errors
      • Love’s Labour’s Lost
      • Measure For Measure
      • The Merchant of Venice
      • The Merry Wives of Windsor
      • A Midsummer Night’s Dream
      • Much Ado About Nothing
      • Pericles
      • The Taming of The Shrew
      • The Tempest
      • Twelfth Night
      • The Two Gentlemen of Verona
      • The Winter’s Tale
    • Histories
      • King Henry IV Part I
      • King Henry IV Part II
      • King Henry V
      • King Henry VI Part I
      • King Henry VI Part II
      • King Henry VI Part III
      • King Henry VIII
      • King John
      • King Richard II
      • King Richard III
    • Tragedies
      • Antony And Cleopatra
      • Coriolanus
      • Cymbeline
      • Hamlet
      • Julius Caesar
      • King Lear
      • Macbeth
      • Othello
      • Romeo and Juliet
      • Timon of Athens
      • Titus Andronicus
      • Troilus and Cressida
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  • John Gilbert
    • Comedies
      • All’s Well That Ends Well
      • As You Like It
      • The Comedy of Errors
      • Love’s Labour’s Lost
      • Measure for Measure
      • The Merchant of Venice
      • The Merry Wives of Windsor
      • A Midsummer Night’s Dream
      • Much Ado About Nothing
      • Pericles
      • The Taming of the Shrew
      • The Tempest
      • Twelfth Night
      • The Two Gentlemen of Verona
      • The Winter’s Tale
    • Histories
      • King Henry IV Part I
      • King Henry IV Part II
      • King Henry V
      • King Henry VI Part I
      • King Henry VI Part II
      • King Henry VI Part III
      • King Henry VIII
      • King John
      • King Richard II
      • King Richard III
    • Tragedies
      • Antony and Cleopatra
      • Coriolanus
      • Cymbeline
      • Hamlet
      • Julius Caesar
      • King Lear
      • Macbeth
      • Othello
      • Romeo and Juliet
      • Timon of Athens
      • Titus Andronicus
      • Troilus and Cressida
    • View the Complete Set
  • H.C. Selous
    • Comedies
      • All’s Well That Ends Well
      • As You Like It
      • The Comedy of Errors
      • Love’s Labour’s Lost
      • Measure for Measure
      • The Merchant of Venice
      • The Merry Wives of Windsor
      • A Midsummer Night’s Dream
      • Much Ado About Nothing
      • Pericles
      • The Taming of the Shrew
      • The Tempest
      • Twelfth Night
      • The Two Gentlemen of Verona
      • The Winter’s Tale
    • Histories
      • King Henry IV Part I
      • King Henry IV Part II
      • King Henry V
      • King Henry VI Part I
      • King Henry VI Part II
      • King Henry VI Part III
      • King Henry VIII
      • King John
      • King Richard II
      • King Richard III
    • Tragedies
      • Antony and Cleopatra
      • Coriolanus
      • Cymbeline
      • Hamlet
      • Julius Caesar
      • King Lear
      • Macbeth
      • Othello
      • Romeo and Juliet
      • Timon of Athens
      • Troilus and Cressida
    • Photogravure Plates
    • Special Wood Engraved Illustrations by Various Artists
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  • John Dicks (pub.)
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  • John Tallis (pub.)
    • Comedies
    • Histories
    • Tragedies
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  • John G. Murdoch (pub.)
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  • Heroines of Shakspeare
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  • Songs & Sonnets of Shakespeare
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  • Imperial Edition
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Author Archives: Michael Goodman

Rosalind, Touchstone and Celia

Orlando and Adam

Rosalind, Celia and Touchstone

Jaques

Wrestling

Rosalind, Celia and Touchstone

As You Like It Headpiece

As You Like It Full Page Introductory Illustration

The Merchant of Venice Tailpiece

Portia and Bassanio

Jessica and Lorenzo

Portia and Shylock

Enter the Duke…

Jessica, Lorenzo and Launcelot

Shylock and Antonio

Bassanio Chooses a Casket

Shylock, Solanio and Salarino

Lorenzo and Jessica

Shylock, Jessica and Launcelot

Launcelot, Old Gobbo and Bassanio

Shylock, Antonio and Bassanio

Portia and Nerissa

The Merchant of Venice Headpiece

The Merchant of Venice Full Page Introductory Illustration

A Midsummer Night’s Dream Tailpiece

Fairies

The Mechanicals

Oberon, Titania, Puck and Bottom

Oberon, Puck, Titania and Bottom

Lysander and Helena

Bottom and Titania

Bottom as an Ass

Puck

The Mechanicals

Lysander and Hermia

A Midsummer Night’s Dream Full Page Introductory Illustration

Love’s Labour’s Lost Tailpiece

Farewell

Under the Tree

The King and Rosaline

A Page Reads

The Princess

Holofernes, Moth and Armando

Holofernes and Sir Nathaniel

The King and Biron

Holofernes and Sir Nathaniel

The Princess and a Letter

The King and Princess

Armando and Jaquenetta

Dull with a Letter

Love’s Labour’s Lost Headpiece

Love’s Labour’s Lost Full Page Introductory Illustration

Much Ado About Nothing Tailpiece

Claudio

Claudio Reads

Don Pedro and Claudio

In Court

Hero and Claudio

The Watch

Beatrice and Benedick

Hero and Ursula

Benedick Listens In

Don Pedro and Hero

Beatrice, Leonato and Hero

Much Ado About Nothing Headpiece

Much Ado About Nothing Full Page Introductory Illustration

The Comedy of Errors Tailpiece

Adriana and Duke

Mistaken Identity

Antipholus of Ephesus and Dromio of Ephesus

Adriana and Luciana

Antipholus of Syracuse and Luciana

Adriana and Antipholus of Syracuse

Adriana, Luciana and Dromio of Ephesus

Antipholus of Syracuse and Dromio of Syracuse

Aegeon and Family

The Comedy of Errors Headpiece

The Comedy of Errors Full Page Introductory Illustration

Measure for Measure Tailpiece

The Duke and Lucio

Abhorson and Barnardine

Angelo and Escalus

Mariana

Lucio and Duke

Isabella and Claudio

Isabella and Angelo (II)

Isabella and Angelo

Escalus, Froth and Clown

Isabella and Lucio

The Duke, Escalus and Angelo

Measure for Measure Headpiece

Measure for Measure Full Page Introductory Illustration

The Merry Wives of Windsor Tailpiece

Herne’s Oak (II)

Herne’s Oak

Falstaff and Mistress Quickly

Falstaff, Mistress Ford and Mistress Page

Falstaff and Ford

Falstaff and Mistress Ford

Rugby and Caius

Falstaff and Pistol

Mistress Ford and Mistress Page

Falstaff, Pistol and Nym

Anne Page and Slender

Sir Hugh Evans, Shallow and Slender

The Merry Wives of Windsor Headpiece

The Merry Wives of Windsor Full Page Introductory Illustration

The Two Gentlemen of Verona Tailpiece

Valentine, Thurio and Duke

Julia, Host and Proteus

Valentine, Speed and Outlaws

Valentine and Duke

Speed, Launce and Crab

Valentine, Silvia, Thurio and Speed

Valentine and Silvia

Julia and Lucetta

Valentine and Proteus

The Two Gentlemen of Verona Headpiece

The Two Gentlemen of Verona Full Page Introductory Illustration

The Tempest Tailpiece

Prospero and Alonso

On a Bat’s Back

Prospero, Ariel, Caliban, Trinculo and Stephano

Masque

Ariel, Caliban, Trinculo and Stephano

Trinculo and Caliban

Antonio and Gonzalo

Ferdinand Lured by Ariel

Prospero, Miranda and Caliban

Prospero and Miranda

Tempest

The Tempest Act I Headpiece

The Tempest Full Page Introductory Illustration

Leicester Abbey

Archbishop Crammer

Thomas Cromwell, Earl of Essex – From Holbein

Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester – From Holbein

Group of Christening Gifts

The Palace at Greenwich; returning from the Christening

Sir Thomas More – From Holbein

Christ Church, Oxford

Street in Westminster – Scene I

Wolsey surrendering the Great Seal – From Douce’s copy of Cavendish

Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk – From Holbein

Cardinal Campeius – From an engraving of a medal published by Harding

York Place – From Sylvester

The Disgrace of Cardinal Wolsey

Palace at Bridewell

Queen Katharine – From Vanderwerff

Cardinal Wolsey – From Holbein

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Gaze Therein...

Act Headers Act I Act I Headers Act II Act II Headers Act III Act III Headers Act IV Act IV Headers Actors Act V Act V Headers All's Well That Ends Well A Midsummer Night's Dream Antony and Cleopatra Ariel As You Like It Beatrice Benedick Bertram Bottom Caliban Characters Charles Knight Cleopatra Comedy Coriolanus (Character) Coriolanus (Play) Cressida Cymbeline Desdemona Dogberry Dramatis Personae Duke of Vienna Edition/Illustrator/Editor/Publisher Exterior Female Ferdinand (The Tempest) Full Page Illustrations H.C. Selous Hamlet's Ghost Hamlet (Play) Helena (All's Well That Ends Well) Hermione Heroines of Shakspeare History Iago Imogen Imperial Edition Interior Introductory Remarks / Notice Isabella John Dicks John G. Murdoch John Gilbert John Tallis Julia Juliet Julius Caesar Katharina Kenny Meadows King Claudius King Henry IV Part I King Henry IV Part II King Henry V (Character) King Henry V (Play) King Henry VIII (Character) King Henry VIII (Play) King Henry VI Part I King Henry VI Part II King Henry VI Part III King John (Character) King John (Play) King Lear (Character) King Lear (Play) King Richard II (Character) King Richard II (Play) King Richard III (Character) King Richard III (Play) Lady Macbeth Leontes Love's Labour's Lost Macbeth (Character) Macbeth (Play) Male Malvolio Marc Antony Measure For Measure Miranda Mistress Quickly Much Ado About Nothing Oberon Olivia Ophelia Orlando Othello (Character) Othello (Play) Pericles Petruchio Photographs Portia Preliminary Material/Other Prince Hal Prince Hamlet Prospero Proteus Puck Queen Gertrude Romeo Romeo and Juliet Rosalind Shylock Silvia Sir Andrew Aguecheek Sir John Falstaff Sir Toby Belch Songs & Sonnets of Shakespeare Sycorax The Comedy of Errors The Merchant Of Venice The Merry Wives of Windsor The Taming of the Shrew The Tempest The Two Gentlemen of Verona The Winter's Tale Timon of Athens (Character) Timon of Athens (Play) Titania Title Pages Titus Andronicus (Character) Titus Andronicus (Play) Tragedy Troilus Troilus and Cressida Twelfth Night Valentine Viola

How to Cite the Archive: General references to the archive should employ the following formula: Michael John Goodman, The Victorian Illustrated Shakespeare Archive [date accessed]. e.g. For a record of key illustrations to Howard Staunton’s Complete Plays of Shakespeare (1865-67), see Michael John Goodman, The Victorian Illustrated Shakespeare Archive (VISA) [1 February 2016]. Subsequent references can be truncated to VISA. Referring to Specific Image within the Archive: Michael John Goodman, The Victorian Illustrated Shakespeare Archive [date accessed]. e.g. See the record for Kenny Meadows’ ‘The Tempest Full Page Introductory Illustration’ (1846), in Michael John Goodman, The Victorian Illustrated Shakespeare Archive [1 February 2016].

This Archive is indebted to the Database of Mid-Victorian Illustration and The Illustration Archive, directed by Prof. Julia Thomas

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