William Shakespeare (1564-1616) Gallery

New Golden Arrow Loco

The locomotive William Shakespeare at Victoria Station, London, before entering service on the Golden Arrow route from London to Dover for the channel crossing, 11th October 1951. The locomotive had previously been on exhibition during the Festival of Britain. (Photo by J. A. Hampton/Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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The Tempest

The characters from Shakespeare's play "The Tempest" on board a ship caught in the terrible tempest which gives the play its name. From "Cassell's Illustrated Shakespeare" edited by Charles and Mary Cowden Clarke, published by Cassell & Company, London, c1864. Illustrator: Henry Courtney Selous, 1803-1890

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Works of William Shakespeare - Loves Labours Lost

Vintage engraving of a scene from the works of William Shakespeare. The Nine Worthies from Love's Labour's Lost. Love's Labour's Lost is one of William Shakespeare's early comedies, believed to have been written in the mid-1590s for a performance at the Inns of Court before Queen Elizabeth I. It follows the King of Navarre and his three companions as they attempt to forswear the company of women for three years of study and fasting, and their subsequent infatuation with the Princess of Aquitaine and her ladies. Steel engraving, 1870

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