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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Category Archives: Male

Petruchio

Petruchio and Kathernia

Petruchio and Katherina

Petruchio and Grumio

Petruchio and Katherina

Jaques de Bois Brings News

Orlando and Rosalind

Orlando, Rosalind and Celia

Orlando and Adam

Wrestling

As You Like It Full Page Introductory Illustration

Portia and Shylock

Shylock and Antonio

Shylock, Solanio and Salarino

Shylock, Jessica and Launcelot

Shylock, Antonio and Bassanio

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

Bottom and Titania

Bottom as an Ass

Puck

The Mechanicals

A Midsummer Night’s Dream Full Page Introductory Illustration

Claudio

In Court

Beatrice and Benedick

Benedick Listens In

Much Ado About Nothing Headpiece

Much Ado About Nothing Full Page Introductory Illustration

Lucio and Duke

The Duke, Escalus and Angelo

Measure for Measure Full Page Introductory Illustration

The Merry Wives of Windsor Tailpiece

Herne’s Oak

Falstaff and Mistress Quickly

Falstaff and Ford

Falstaff and Mistress Ford

Falstaff and Pistol

Falstaff, Pistol and Nym

The Merry Wives of Windsor Full Page Introductory Illustration

Valentine, Thurio and Duke

Julia, Host and Proteus

Valentine, Speed and Outlaws

Valentine and Duke

Valentine, Silvia, Thurio and Speed

Valentine and Silvia

Valentine and Proteus

The Two Gentlemen of Verona Full Page Introductory Illustration

The Tempest Tailpiece

Prospero and Alonso

Prospero, Ariel, Caliban, Trinculo and Stephano

Masque

Ariel, Caliban, Trinculo and Stephano

Trinculo and Caliban

Ferdinand Lured by Ariel

Prospero, Miranda and Caliban

Prospero and Miranda

Tempest

The Tempest Full Page Introductory Illustration

The Disgrace of Cardinal Wolsey

Henry VIII – From Holbein

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

Presence Chamber in York Place, the Masque

Dr. Butts sent to Wolsey – From a drawing in Mr. Douce’s copy of Cavendish’s ‘Life of Wolsey’

Henry VIII at the Field of the Cloth of Gold

King Henry VIII Full Page Introductory Illustration

Handle of Cross-bow found at Bosworth – From Nichols’ ‘Bib. Top. Brit.’

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

Badge of Richard III – From an original drawing by the late Charles Stothard

Portrait of Richard III – From an illumination in Warwick Roll, Heralds’ College

King Richard III Full Page Introductory Illustration

Tomb of Henry V in Westminster Abbey

Westmister Abbey – Scene I

Helmet, Shield, and Saddle, of Henry V

Entry of Henry V into London

Henry V being armed by his Esquires

Henry V ‘walking from watch to watch’

Heights between Havre and Harfleur, from an original sketch

Richard II knighting Henry of Monmouth

Portrait of Henry V

Room of State in Palace

Henry V and his Court, from a MS. in Bennet College Library, Cambridge

King Henry V Full Page Introductory Illustration

‘I saw young Harry – with his beaver on’

Public Place near Westminster Abbey, exhibiting the north transept as it existed at the period

Hall in Shallow’s House, showing the domestic architecture of the period

Henry V. When Prince of Wales

Falstaff choosing his Recruits

Interior of Boar’s Head – Falstaff and Hostess Quickly

Street in London of the architecture of the period – Falstaff and Chief Justice

Eastcheap, with the Church of St. Michael, Cornhill – Falstaff and Chief Justice

King Henry IV Part II Full Page Introductory Illustration

Prince Henry and Falstaff – ‘Poor Jack, farewell’

Road near Coventry

Room in the Boar’s Head

Henry of Monmouth in his youth

King Henry IV Part I Full Page Introductory Illustration

Funeral of Richard II from the MS. Froissart in the British Museum

Portrait of Richard II in his armour

The Groat of Richard II

Richard and Bolingbroke entering London

A Street leading to the Tower – Meeting of Richard and his Queen

Throwing the Gage, from the MS. Froissart in the British Museum

Richard and Bolingbroke entering London

Richard surrendering the crown, from a drawing in the MS. Froissart in the British Museum

Meeting of Richard II and Bolingbroke

Flint Castle – Meeting of Richard II and Bolingbroke

Richard II pronouncing sentence of banishment on Bolingbroke, from an illumination in a MS. copy of Froissart in the British Museum

Portrait of Richard II, from a painting in the Jerusalem Chamber, Westminster

The gold noble of Richard II

The Lists at Coventry – ‘The King hath thrown his Warder down’

A Room in the Royal Palace, London

King John Full Page Introductory Illustration

Death of John by poison, from ‘Fox’s Acts and Monuments’

Death of John at Swinstead Abbey

King John

‘Three-Farthing Rose’ of Elizabeth

Room of State

Great Seal &c of John

King John Full Page Introductory Illustration

Antony and Cleopatra – From a Silver Coin in the British Museum

Antony and Cleopatra Full Page Introductory Illustration

A Room in Anthony’s House – A Restoration from Pompeii

Kemble as Coriolanus. After Sir T. Lawrence

Coriolanus Full Page Introductory Illustration

Scene II – ‘Enter Cassandra, raving’

Troilus and Cressida Full Page Introductory Illustration

Lear. After a Study by Sir Joshua Reynolds

Death of Cordelia

Dover Castle at the time of Elizabeth

Lear, Cordelia, and the Physician

Henry VIII and Will Sommers

Scene IV

King Lear Full Page Introductory Illustration

Timon’s Grave

Timon’s Cave

Timon of Athens Full Page Introductory Illustration

Othello Full Page Introductory Illustration

Kemble as Hamlet, from Sir T. Lawrence

Hamlet’s Grave

Pictures on arras

Hamlet Full Page Introductory Illustration

Juliet and Romeo (Loggia)

Maskers

Romeo and Juliet Full Page Introductory Illustration

Ferdinand and Miranda playing chess

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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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