Victorian Illustrated Shakespeare Archive

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  • Charles Knight (ed.)
    • Comedies
      • All’s Well That Ends Well
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      • The Comedy of Errors
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      • Measure for Measure
      • The Merchant of Venice
      • The Merry Wives of Windsor
      • A Midsummer Night’s Dream
      • 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
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      • 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
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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
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      • King Richard III
    • Tragedies
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      • Coriolanus
      • Cymbeline
      • Hamlet
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      • Titus Andronicus
      • Troilus and Cressida
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  • John Gilbert
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      • All’s Well That Ends Well
      • As You Like It
      • The Comedy of Errors
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      • 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
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      • King Henry V
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      • Coriolanus
      • Cymbeline
      • Hamlet
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      • Titus Andronicus
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      • 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
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      • King Henry V
      • King Henry VI Part I
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      • King Henry VIII
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      • King Richard III
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      • Cymbeline
      • Hamlet
      • Julius Caesar
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      • Macbeth
      • Othello
      • Romeo and Juliet
      • Timon of Athens
      • Troilus and Cressida
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Le Roi boit – Flemish Twelfth Night. After a Picture by Jordaens

Twelfth Night Full Page Introductory Illustration

‘Haggards of the Rock’ – Peregrine Falcon

Streets in Messina

Gentle Astringer – From a French Sculpture, temp. Eliz

Carriage of 1532

Travelling Wagon of the Fifteenth Century

Without the Walls of Florence – Scene V

Interior of Palace in Rousillon – Countess and Clown

The Goodwin Sands during a Storm.

St Mark’s Place

‘When in a wood of Crete they bay’d the bear.’

Titania and Bottom

Group of Birds, – ‘The woosel-cock, so black of hue’

Bottom

Bringing in the May-pole

Athenian Costume. From the Elgin Marbles

Athenian Costume. From the Elgin Marbles

A Midsummer Night’s Dream Full Page Introductory Illustration

‘The pleasant garden of great Italy.’ View between Padua and the Coast. – Design by H. Anelay

Prato della Vall, Padua. – Print by Piranesi, 1786

Church of St. Giutinia, Padua. From Plate in ‘Storia Dimostrazione della Citta di Padova,’ 1769

Pisa – showing the Babtistery, Campo Santo, Church, and Leaning Tower. from a Print by Franciscus of Milan, 1705

Town-house, Padua. From a Plate in ‘Storia Dimostrazione della Citta di Padova,’ 1767

King James I and Attendants, hawking

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

The Taming of the Shrew Full Page Introductory Illustration

‘Far from the nest, the Lapwing cries.’

Remains of the Gymnasium, Ephesus

Remains of Aqueduct at Ephesus

Scene in Windsor Forest

State Procession of Elizabeth to Nonsuch House

Winchester Tower, Windsor Castle

Bear-baiting. – ‘Sackerton loose.’

Song of Winter: design by R. W. Bruss

The Brawl: design by R. W. Buss

Triumph at Milan. Composition after Hoghenburg

Street in Milan (from Aspari)

Costume of Italian Nobleman (after Hoghenburg)

Costume of Italian Nobleman (after Hoghenburg)

The Two Gentlemen of Verona Full Page Introductory Illustration

Julius Caesar Act V Header

Casca and Lion

Julius Caesar Full Page Introductory Illustration

Ajax

Cleon and Dionyza

Knights

King Henry VIII Act IV Header

Parolles and Clown

Camp Before Florence

Touchstone and Corin

As You Like It Act II Header

As You Like It Act I Header

King Henry and Queen Margaret

King Henry VI Part III Act II Header

King Henry VI Part III Full Page Introductory Illustration

Sound Drums and Trumpets

Jack Cade and His Rabblement

The Beadle Whips Simpcox

King Henry VI Part II Act II Header

In Gloucester’s Garden

King Henry VI Part II Full Page Introductory Illustration

La Pucelle and Shepherd

The Death of Talbot and John Talbot

La Pucelle and Forces Near Rouen

Battle

Cymbeline Act II Header

Measure for Measure Act IV Tailpiece

The Death of Tamora

Titus Andronicus Act V Header

Titus Andronicus Act IV Tailpiece

Officers and Soldiers (Before Corioli)

Coriolanus Full Page Introductory Illustration

Antony and Cleopatra Act I Tailpiece

Enter Chorus (V)

The French

King Henry V Act III Header

King Henry V Act II Tailpiece

Enter Chorus (II)

Enter Chorus

King Henry V Full Page Introductory Illustration

God Save Thee, My Sweet Boy!

King Henry IV Part II Act IV Header

King Henry IV Part II Act I Header

The Battlefield

Hotspur

King Henry IV Part I Act V Header

King Henry IV Part I Act IV Header

Gadshill

Much Ado About Nothing Act IV Tailpiece

A Midsummer Night’s Dream Act V Header

The Mechanicals Run Away From Bottom

Puck and Oberon

Bottom as an Ass

A Mermaid on a Dolphin’s Back

A Midsummer Night’s Dream Full Page Introductory Illustration

The Taming of the Shrew Act IV Tailpiece

The Taming of the Shrew Full Page Introductory Illustration

Launce And Crab

Launce, Speed and Crab

The Two Gentlemen of Verona Full Page Introductory Illustration

Cleopatra

Coriolanus Act V Header

Coriolanus Act IV Tailpiece

Coriolanus Act III Header

Hark Hark! The Lark At Heaven’s Gate Sings

Cymbeline Act II Header

The Grecian Camp

Troilus and Cressida Dramatis Personae

Troilus and Cressida Introductory Remarks

King Henry VIII Act III Header

Birds Circling

King Henry VI Part II Act II Header

King Henry IV Part II Act V Header

King Henry IV Part I Act II Header

All’s Well That End’s Well Act IV Header

Birds in the Nest

Touchstone and Audrey

As You Like it Act II Header

Bottom, Titania and Fairies

A Midsummer Night’s Dream Act IV Header

A Midsummer Night’s Dream Act III Header

A Fairy Song

A Midsummer Night’s Dream Introductory Remarks

The Comedy of Errors Dramatis Personae

Cat out of the bag…

Cats and Dogs…

Petruchio and Grumio on Horseback

The Taming of the Shrew Dramatis Personae

Much Ado About Nothing Act V Header

Crab

The Two Gentlemen of Verona Act I Header

The Two Gentlemen of Verona Title Page

The Two Gentlemen of Verona Full Page Introductory Illustration

The Merry Wives of Windsor Introductory Remarks

The Tempest Full Page Introductory Illustration

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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 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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