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
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      • King Henry V
      • King Henry VI Part I
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      • King Henry VI Part III
      • King Henry VIII
      • King John
      • King Richard II
      • King Richard III
    • Tragedies
      • Antony and Cleopatra
      • Coriolanus
      • Cymbeline
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      • 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
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      • 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
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  • 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
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      • 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
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  • John G. Murdoch (pub.)
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Category Archives: Introductory Remarks / Notice

Chancellor in his Robes – From the old painting of Henry VIII granting a charter to the Barber-Surgeons

Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk – From Holbein

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

Great Seal, Cardinal’s Hat, &c

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

Sir Thomas Vaughan – From an Effigy on brass plate in Westminster Abbey

John Howard, first Duke of Norfolk and Thomas Howard, Earl of Surrey

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

Crosby House

Execution of the Duke of Somerset – From an illumination in a manuscript at Ghent

Battle of Barnet – From an Illumination in a MS. at Ghent

Lord Rivers and Caxton presenting a book to Edward IV

Edward IV and his Court

General Costume, end of Reign of Henry VI

Arms of Henry VI and Queen Margaret. From Lydgate’s MS. presented to Henry VI

Costume of the Commonalty of the Period – From Harl. MSS

Henry VI – From a Coventry Tapestry

Richard Plantagenet Duke of York – From a painting on glass, in Trinity Hall, Cambridge

Figures from the Monument of Charles VII and La Pucelle at Orleans

Charles VII in his Presence Chamber. From Monstrelet

John, Duke of Bedford. From the Bedford Missal

Portrait of Henry VI. From a picture in King’s College, Cambridge

Michael de la Pole, from monument in Haversham Church, Notts

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

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

Henry of Monmouth in his youth

Tournament – Knights parading the Field preparatory to entering Lists

Altar at St. Edmundsbury, Group of Priests and Barons

Costume of Burghers and Artificers

Great Seal &c of John

Plebians

Roman Soldiers

Roman Standard-Bearers

Roman Eagle. From a Painting on a Roman Vase

Homer. From Bust in Townley Gallery

A Trojan and Phrygian Helmets. From Hope’s ‘Costume’

Chaucer. From T. Occleve

Inverness

‘My good biting faulchion’

Country near Dover

Ancient Triclinium

Athenian Coin. From a specimen in the British Museum

Venetian Soldier of guard. From Vecellio

Morions. From the Meyrick Collection

A General of Venice in the time of War. From Vecellio

Conflict between Romans and Barbarians. From the Column of Trajan

British Shield in British Museum

Spear-head and Celt

Gaulish Captive, wearing the Torque

Coin of Cunobelinus. From a Specimen in the British Museum

Stonehenge. The high Altar

‘Smote the sledded Polacks’

Canute and his Wife

Danish Lutes

Costume of a young Venetian Nobleman, from Vecellio

Costume of Senators and Ladies, from a drawing by Giotto

Tragic Mask

Bermuda

‘On a bat’s back’

Pedlar

Act V. Scene III – ‘Now in age / Is she become the suitor?

Introductory Notice – Act IV. Scene III ‘I bless the time / When my good falcon made her flight across / Thy father’s ground’

‘Like unscour’d armour hung by the wall’

Cross at West-Cheap

Forest of Arden

Woman of Mitylene – From Vecellio

Le Roi boit – Flemish Twelfth Night. After a Picture by Jordaens

Ariosto – From a Print by Raffaelle Morghen

French Nobleman and Lady – From Montfaucon

Henry II of France and Duke of Florence – From Vecellio and Montfaucon

Head of Boccaccio

Venetian Lady. From Vecellio’s ‘Habite Antichi’

Venetian Doctor of Laws. From Vecellio’s ‘Habite Antichi’

Venetian Gentlemen – The Young Lover. From Vecellio’s ‘Habite Antichi’

Venetian Nobleman. From Vecellio’s ‘Habite antichi’

Doge of Venice, From Vecellio’s ‘Habite Antichi’

Venice, from the Lagunes. From a Print of the commencement of the 18th century

An Amazon. From a Statue in the Vatican

Athenian Costume. From the Elgin Marbles

Athenian Costume. From the Elgin Marbles

Athenian Costume. From the Elgin Marbles

Battle of the Amazons. from a Sarcophagus in the Imperial Cabinet in Vienna

English Lady and Hostess. From a Painting by M. Gerrard, and a Print by Strutt

King James I and Attendants, hawking

Noble Huntsmen. From the Frontispiece to the ‘Noble Art of Venerie or Hunting.’ 1611

Medal of Ephesus

Restoration of the Second Temple of Diana, at Ephesus

Insignia of the Order of the Garter

Part of Windsor Castle, built in the time of Elizabeth

Costume of a Spanish Gentleman and a French Lady, from Vecellio

Thalia, from an original Drawing by Cipriani

Costume of Italian Lady (after Vecellio)

Costume of Italian Nobleman (after Hoghenburg)

Costume of Italian Nobleman (after Hoghenburg)

Costume of Italian Gentleman (after Vecellio)

Autograph of Shakspere, from his copy of Florio’s Montaigne, now in the British Museum

Antony And Cleopatra Introductory Remarks

Julius Caesar Dramatis Personae

Julius Caesar Introductory Remarks

Coriolanus Introductory Remarks

Othello Introductory Remarks

King Lear Introductory Remarks

Romeo and Juliet Introductory Remarks

Cymbeline Introductory Remarks

Hamlet Introductory Remarks

Timon of Athens Introductory Remarks

Macbeth Introductory Remarks

Troilus and Cressida Introductory Remarks

King Henry VIII Introductory Remarks

King Richard III Introductory Remarks

King Henry VI Part III Introductory Remarks

King Henry VI Part II Introductory Remarks

King Henry VI Part I Introductory Remarks

King Henry V Introductory Remarks

King Henry IV Part II Introductory Remarks

King Henry IV Part I Introductory Remarks

King Richard II Introductory Remarks

King John Introductory Remarks

All’s Well That Ends Well Introductory Remarks

As You Like It Introductory Remarks

Love’s Labour’s Lost Introductory Remarks

The Comedy of Errors Introductory Remarks

The Merchant of Venice Introductory Remarks

Measure for Measure Introductory Remarks

The Taming of The Shrew Introductory Remarks

The Winter’s Tale Introductory Remarks

Much Ado About Nothing Introductory Remarks

The Two Gentlemen of Verona Introductory Remarks

The Merry Wives of Windsor Introductory Remarks

Twelfth Night Introductory Remarks

The Tempest Introductory Remarks

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 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 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 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 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 King of France 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 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 Charles Knight Cleopatra Comedy Coriolanus (Character) Coriolanus (Play) Cressida Cymbeline Desdemona Dramatis Personae Duke of Vienna Exterior 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 Interior Introductory Remarks / Notice Isabella John Dicks John G. Murdoch John Gilbert John Tallis 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) Malvolio Marc Antony Measure For Measure Miranda Mistress Quickly Much Ado About Nothing Olivia Ophelia Orlando Othello (Character) Othello (Play) Pericles Petruchio Photographs 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 Songs & Sonnets of Shakespeare 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 (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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