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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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

Category Archives: Act I

Antiochus and Thaliard

Pericles and King

Pericles Headpiece

Queen, Pisanio and Cornelius

Posthumus and Iachimo

Posthumus and Imogen

Cymbeline Headpiece

Lepidus, Octavius Caesar and Messenger

Antony and Cleopatra

Soothsayer, Alexas, Charmian and Iras

Antony and Cleopatra Full Page Introductory Illustration

Roderigo and Iago

Desdemona, Othello and Brabantio

Roderigo, Iago and Brabantio

Othello Headpiece

Lear, Fool and Kent

Lear and Goneril

Edmund and Edgar

Cordelia, France, Goneril and Regan

Lear and Map

King Lear Headpiece

Hamlet and Ghost

Polonius and Ophelia

Hamlet, Claudius and Gertrude

The Ghost

Hamlet Headpiece

Macbeth and Banquo

Macbeth and Witches

Macbeth Headpiece

Cassius and Brutus

Cassius and Brutus

Julius Caesar Headpiece

Timon and Ladies

Timon and Jeweller

Timon and Servant

Timon of Athens Headpiece

Romeo and Servant

Romeo, Benvolio and Servant

Gregory, Sampson and Abraham

Caius Marcius Coriolanus

Marcius and Soldiers

Volumnia and Virgillia

Caius Marcius and Citizens

Coriolanus Headpiece

Agamemnon and Aeneas

Troilus, Pandarus and Cressida

Troilus and Panderus

Troilus and Cressida Headpiece

King Henry VIII and Anne Bullen

Sir Henry Guildford

King Henry VIII and Queen Katherine

King Henry VIII and Cardinal Wolsey

Clarence and Murderers

Clarence and Brackenbury

Rivers with Queen Margaret

Richard and Lady Anne

Queen Margaret and York

King Henry VI and Queen Margaret

Richard

King Henry VI Part III Headpiece

Conjouring

Queen Margaret

Gloster

King Henry VI Part II Headpiece

Salisbury

Pucelle

The Death of Henry V

King Henry VI Part I Headpiece

King Henry V

King Henry and Archbishop of Canterbury

King Henry V Headpiece

Archbishop

Falstaff

Lord Bardolph and Northumberland

King Henry IV Part II Headpiece

King Henry IV and Hotspur

Prince Hal, Falstaff and Poins

King Henry IV Part I Headpiece

Combatants

King Richard

King Richard II Headpiece

King John and Philip

King John Headpiece

Leontes and Camillo

Leontes and Mamillius

The Winter’s Tale Headpiece

Olivia and Viola

Orsino and Viola

Sir Toby and Maria

Twelfth Night Headpiece

Helena and Countess

Countess and Clown

Parolles and Helena

All’s Well That Ends Well Headpiece

Lucentio and Tranio

The Taming of the Shrew Headpiece

Wrestling

Rosalind, Celia and Touchstone

As You Like It Headpiece

Shylock, Antonio and Bassanio

Portia and Nerissa

The Merchant of Venice Headpiece

The Mechanicals

Lysander and Hermia

Armando and Jaquenetta

Dull with a Letter

Love’s Labour’s Lost Headpiece

Beatrice, Leonato and Hero

Much Ado About Nothing Headpiece

Antipholus of Syracuse and Dromio of Syracuse

Aegeon and Family

The Comedy of Errors Headpiece

Isabella and Lucio

The Duke, Escalus and Angelo

Measure for Measure Headpiece

Falstaff, Pistol and Nym

Anne Page and Slender

Sir Hugh Evans, Shallow and Slender

The Merry Wives of Windsor Headpiece

Julia and Lucetta

Valentine and Proteus

The Two Gentlemen of Verona Headpiece

Ferdinand Lured by Ariel

Prospero, Miranda and Caliban

Prospero and Miranda

Tempest

The Tempest Act I Headpiece

Anne Bullen – From Holbein, in the possession of M. Wocken at Bale

Duke of Buckingham (Edward Bohun of Stafford) – From a portrait engraved in the Houbraken series

Henry VIII – From Holbein

Meeting of Henry VIII and Francis – From the bass-relief at Rouen

The Tower, from the Thames

Presence Chamber in York Place, the Masque

Anne, Queen of Richard III – From the Warwick Roll

Portrait of Richard III – From a picture in the possession of the Royal Society of Antiquaries

View of Chertsey from the Meadows

Room in the Tower – Scene IV

Street in London. ‘Lo! here I lend thee this sharp-pointed sword’ – Scene II

Edward Prince of Wales, son of Henry VI – From a Seal in Sandford’s ‘General History’

Sandal Castle – Scene III

The Parliament House – Scene I

Marriage of Henry VI – From Walpole’s ‘Anecdotes of Painting’

Gloster’s Garden. Incantation Scene

Room of State – Scene I

Charles VII of France – From Montfaucon

Joan of Arc – From a painting in Town Hall of Rouen

Tomb of Henry V in Westminster Abbey

Tower Hill

Westmister Abbey – Scene I

Archbishop Chicheley

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Achilles Actors Angelo Animals Antipholus of Syracuse Antonio Armour Army Arthur Arviragus Ass Audrey Autolycus Axes Babies Bardolph Bars Baskets and Boxes Bassanio Bats Beds Beheadings Belarius Birds Biron Books Bottles Bows and Arrows Bridges Brutus Bugs and Insects Cardinal Wolsey Cassio Cassius Castles and Palaces Caves Celia Chains Chairs Charmian Cherubs and Babies Chests Children Chorus Christopher Sly Citizens Claudio (Much Ado About Nothing) Clown (The Winter's Tale) Clowns and Jesters Coins Conflict Cordelia Costard Countess of Roussillon Crab Crowns Crucifix Curtains Daggers Dancing Death Deers and Stags Dogs Don Pedro Doorways Drink Dromio of Ephesus Dromio of Syracuse Duke of Buckingham Duke of Clarence Duke of Gloster Dumaine Earl of Kent Earl of Warwick Edgar Emilia Fairies Fans Feste Fire Fires Flags Flora and Fauna Flowers Flying Fountains Ghosts Glasses Goneril Grumio Guiderius Headpieces Henry Bolingbroke Hero Horatio horns Horses Hotspur Iachimo Induction Iras Jack Cade Jessica Joan La Pucelle John of Gaunt Julius Caesar Justice Shallow King Edward IV King Henry IV King Henry VI King of Navarre Kings Lanterns and Lamps Leonato Letters Longueville Lord Talbot Lucio Maria (Twelfth Night) Masks Menenius Mistress Ford Mistress Page Monsters Moon Murderers Musicians and Music Night Nurse Pandarus Parolles Perdita Pericles Philip the Bastard Pillars Pistol Plates Poins Polixenes Polonius Portraits Posthumus Pots Princess of France (Love's Labour's Lost) Queen (Richard II) Queen Elizabeth Queen Elizabeth I Queen Katherine Queen Margaret Queens Reading and Writing Regan Richard Duke of Gloster Richard Plantagenet Rings Sea Ships and Boats Shipwrecks Shovels and Spades Sir Hugh Evans Skulls Sleep Smoke Snakes Soldiers Spears Speed Staff Staffs Statues Stephano Stools Storms Streets Supplementary Notice Swords Tables Tailpieces Tents The Fool The King of France Thrones Tombs Torches Touchstone Trees Tress Trinculo Views Vines Virgilia Volumnia Walking Sticks Walls Water Whips Wings Witches Wood Woods and Forests

Micael John Goodman is a post doctoral researcher at Cardiff University. You can contact him at MJ_Goodman@outlook.com or on Twitter @DrMikeyGoodman To learn more about Michael’s work, go to michaeljohngoodman.org

Gaze Therein...

Act I Act I Headers Act II Act II Headers Act III Act III Headers Act IV Act IV Headers 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 Charles Knight Cleopatra Comedy Coriolanus (Character) Coriolanus (Play) Cressida Cymbeline Desdemona Dogberry Dramatis Personae Duke of Vienna Exterior Female Ferdinand (The Tempest) Full Page Illustrations H.C. Selous Hamlet's Ghost Hamlet (Play) Helena (All's Well That Ends Well) Hermione History Iago Imogen Interior Introductory Remarks / Notice Isabella John Gilbert 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 Portia 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 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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