William Shakespeare (1564-1616) Gallery

William Shakespeare: Cell of Friar Lawrence (Romeo and Juliet) (illustration)

"Beautiful Victorian illustrations depicting famous scenes from Shakespeare's plays.Juliet in the cell of Friar Lawrence (from William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet). E M Ward RA (Artist), H Bourne (Engraver). Scanned directly from an original Victorian steel engraving, published circa 1860, London Virtue & Co."

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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

© Linda Steward

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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