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      • The Merry Wives of Windsor
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      • Much Ado About Nothing
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      • The Tempest
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      • The Two Gentlemen of Verona
      • The Winter’s Tale
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      • Much Ado About Nothing
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      • The Tempest
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Various forms of ancient Spurs

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

Entrance Tower of Warkworth Castle

View of Warkworth Castle

Border, composed of the Arms of the Lords Bardolph, Hastings, and Mowbray: the Earls of Lancaster and Warwick; and the Archbishop of York

King Henry IV Part II Full Page Introductory Illustration

Cuckoo and Hedge Sparrow

Prince Henry and Falstaff – ‘Poor Jack, farewell’

Army before Shrewsbury

York

Road near Coventry

Portrait of Owen Glendower

Lady Mortimer singing

View of Bangor

Boar’s Head

Interior of a Room at Warkworth Castle

Old Cross at Charing

Room in the Boar’s Head

Ancient Inn-yard

Portrait of Earl of Westmoreland

View of Gadshill

Hotspur and the Fop

Hotspur denying his Prisoners

Border, composed of the Arms, Shields, and Bearings of the Characters therein named

Costume of Gentleman and Costume of Lady (Countess of Westmoreland)

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

Heading – composed of a Crown, Sceptre, Palmer’s Staff, &c

Portrait of Richard II in his armour

William of Colchester, Abbot of Westminster, from his tomb in Westminster Abbey

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

Exterior of Westminster Hall

Meeting of Richard II and Bolingbroke

Ancient View of Bristol, including the Church of St. Mary, Redcliffe

‘There the Antick sits –’ From ‘Mortis Imagines’

Tomb of Edward III in Westminster Abbey

The Duke of York’s Garden at Langley

Flint Castle – Meeting of Richard II and Bolingbroke

Portrait of Edmund Langley

Portrait of John of Gaunt, from the MS. Froissart in the British Museum

While in Gloucestershire, with View of Berkley Castle

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

Portrait of Eleanor Bohun, Widow of Thomas of Woodstock, Duke of Gloster, from her monument in Westminster Abbey

The Savoy, ‘The Duke of Lancaster’s Palace”

The gold noble of Richard II

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

A Room in the Royal Palace, London

Border composed of the Arms, Shields, and Bearings of the Characters

Tournament – Knights parading the Field preparatory to entering Lists

King John Full Page Introductory Illustration

The Muse of History, after Raffaelle

Lewis, Dauphin of France, from his Seal

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

The Long Wash between Lynn and Boston

St. Edmundsbury

Henry III, from his great Seal

Ancient Carriages, from an old MS

The Horse-litter, from a MS. (Royal, xvi. G 6)

Card Party from ‘Le Roman du Roy Meliadus’

Cards, from originals of 1466

Monument of King John at Worcester

Death of John at Swinstead Abbey

William Longespee, Earl of Salisbury and William Marshall, Earl of Pembroke

Pomfret Castle

Castle of Rouen

Chairs, from ancient MSS. (Harl. 603, and Royal, xiv. c. 2)

The Smithy – ‘I saw a smith stand with his hammer thus–’

The Prison – Hubert and Arthur

Castle of Falaise

Ceremony of Excommunication in the Romish Church

The Field after the Battle

The Battle, near Angiers

Blanch of Castile

Philip, King of France

Tents, from a MS. in Brit. Mus. (Royal, xvi. G6)

St George, form an old illumination

English Vessels, from ancient MSS.

Marriage of Lewis and Blanch

Angiers

Angers

Richard Coeur de Lion Forgiving Bertrand de Jourdan

Queen Elinor

King John

Richard I and the Lion

‘Three-Farthing Rose’ of Elizabeth

Silver Groat of Henry VII

Ceremony of creating a Knight on the Field of Battle

Room of State

Ornamental Border, from a MS. temp. King John

Altar at St. Edmundsbury, Group of Priests and Barons

Costume of Burghers and Artificers

Great Seal &c of John

King John Full Page Introductory Illustration

Augustus – From a Gold Coin in the British Museum

Alexandria – From an original Sketch

Interior of an Egyptian Monument

Pyramid and Sphynx

Pompey’s Pillar

Ancient Egyptian Palace – From a Sketch made at Medinet Abou, part of the ancient Thebes

Cleopatra’s Needle

Prow of Roman Gallery – From a Baso Relievo, forming a portion of a frieze found at Palestrina.

Promontory of Actium

‘The barge she sat in’

Room in Pompey’s House – A Restoration from Pompeii

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

Atrium of Caesar’s House – a Restoration from Pompeii

Room in Cleopatra’s Palace

Border: Egyptian and Roman Ornaments

Antony and Cleopatra Full Page Introductory Illustration

Statue of Pompey – This is the statue beneath which Caesar fell, and which is still preserved at Rome

Medal of Brutus

Plains of Philippi

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

Roman Consul

The Forum

Rome: The Forum

Street leading to the Capitol

Roman Matron

Brutus’ Orchard – This style of garden, universal in Italy, is indisputably of great antiquity

Atrium of a Roman House – It is of that species called by Vitruvius the tetrastyle Atrium

Roman Augur

Statue of Caesar

A Restoration from the Remains known as the Temple of Pallas, supposed to be a portion of the Forum of Nerva

Border

Plebians

Roman Soldiers

Roman Standard-Bearers

Julius Caesar Full Page Introductory Illustration

Kemble as Coriolanus. After Sir T. Lawrence

Scene III – ‘Pebbles on the hungry beach’

Roman Tomb and Fragments

Public Place in Rome

Old Roman Willow Wood

Ancient Arch on Road leading into Rome. From Pinelli

Roman Highway on the banks of the Tiber. From Piranesi

Rome. A Fragment after Piranesi

Tarpeian Rock. From an Italian Print

Old Walls of Rome

Augur’s Staff. From an antique Specimen

Roman Victory. From Montfaucon

Site of the Roman Forumm. From Piranesi

Isola Tiberiana. From an Italian Print

The Tiber: Mount Aventine in the distance

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Rare Visions…

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 Brabantio 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 Clarence Duke of Gloster Duke of Venice Dumaine Earl of Kent Earl of Warwick Edgar 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 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 Lady Constance Lanterns and Lamps Launce Leonato Letters Longueville Lord Talbot Lucio Maria (Twelfth Night) Masks 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 Duke of York Richard Plantagenet Rings Sea Ships and Boats Shipwrecks Shovels and Spades Sir Hugh Evans Sleep Smoke Snakes Soldiers Spears Speed Staff Staffs Statues Stephano Stools Storms Streets Supplementary Notice Swords Tables Tailpieces Tents The Fool The Watch Thrones Tombs Torches Touchstone Trees Tress Trinculo Views Vines Virgilia Volumnia Walking Sticks Walls Water Whips Wings Witches Wood Woods and Forests

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 use the following: 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 May 2026]. 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 May 2026].

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

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