Shakespearian Collection

A Midsummer Nights Dream (Shakespeare, Act 4, Scene 1), November, 1857

Four Fairy Costumes for "A Midsummer Nights Dream"
SC36463 Four Fairy Costumes for " A Midsummer Nights Dream" produced by Robert Courtneidge at the Princes Theatre, Manchester, 1896-1903 by Wilhelm, C

Ariel (The Tempest), c1870. Artist: Henry James Townsend
Ariel (The Tempest), c1870. From The Works of Shakspere, by Charles Knight. [Virtue & Co. Limited, London, c1870]

Oberon and Titania, 19th century. Oberon, King of the Fairies, and his consort, Titania, from Shakespeares A Midsummer Nights Dream

Cartoon, Henry Irving and F B Chatterton
Cartoon, Henry Irving (1838-1905), legendary actor-manager, and Frederick Balsir Chatterton (1834-1886), theatre manager, with a bust of Shakespeare in the background -- Shakespearian Experimenters

Ira Aldridge as Othello, c. 1830. Creator: Henry Perronet Briggs
Ira Aldridge as Othello, c. 1830

Timon and Apemantus, 1883. Artist: Sir John Gilbert
Timon and Apemantus, 1883. Two characters from Shakespeares play Timon of Athens sitting under trees in the wilderness

What You Will!, 1822. Creator: JMW Turner
What You Will!, 1822. What You Will is the subtitle of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, a play that involves mistaken identities and flirtatious encounters between characters.

"Autolycus", by C.R. Leslie, from the National Collection in the South Kensington Museum, 1865. Engraving of a painting, scene '...from "The Winter's Tale," act iv

The Shakspeare Commemoration at Stratford-On-Avon: performance of ..."The Messiah"...1864. Creator: J. J
The Shakspeare Commemoration at Stratford-On-Avon: performance of the oratorio, "The Messiah", in the Festival Pavilion, 1864

The Shakspeare Commemoration at Stratford-On-Avon: Mr. E. F. Flower, the Mayor of Stratford, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The Shakspeare Commemoration at Stratford-On-Avon: Mr. E. F. Flower, the Mayor of Stratford, 1864. Portrait of '...Edward Fordham Flower, the Mayor of Stratford-on-Avon

Cast of Shakspeare's face, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Cast of Shakspeare's face, 1864. Death mask of English playwright, poet and actor William Shakespeare (1564-1616). The cast from the face of Shakspeare

Henley-Street, Stratford-On-Avon, with Shakspeare's House, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Henley-Street, Stratford-On-Avon, with Shakspeare's House, 1864. Celebrating the tercentenary of Shakespeare's birth

Shakspeare salver and jug, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Shakspeare salver and jug, 1864. Commemoration of the Tercentenary of Shakespeare's birth. 'The ale jug and salver, manufactured by Messrs

The Seal of the National Shakspeare Committee, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The Seal of the National Shakspeare Committee, 1864. Commemoration of the Tercentenary of Shakespeare's birth. 'We have engraved the design of the official seal of the National Shakspeare

The Shakspeare Commemoration in London: unveiling a bust of Shakspeare..., Agricultural Hall, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The Shakspeare Commemoration in London: unveiling a bust of Shakspeare at the Agricultural Hall, 1864. View of a ' musical and dramatic fete at the Agricultural Hall

The Shakspeare Commemoration in London: monument of Shakspeare at the Crystal Palace, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The Shakspeare Commemoration in London: monument of Shakspeare at the Crystal Palace, 1864. Event celebrating the tercentenary of Shakespeare's birth

The Shakspeare Commemoration in London: planting an oak on Primrose Hill, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The Shakspeare Commemoration in London: planting an oak on Primrose Hill, [London], 1864. The Working Men's Committee plants an oak tree '...in honour of the English poet...Mr

The Shakspeare Commemoration: banquet in the pavilion, Stratford-on-Avon...Earl of Carlisle..., 1864 Creator: Unknown
The Shakspeare Commemoration: banquet in the pavilion at Stratford-on-Avon...the Earl of Carlisle proposing "The Memory of Shakespeare", 1864

The Shakspeare Commemoration at Stratford-On-Avon: exhibition...in the Townhall, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The Shakspeare Commemoration at Stratford-On-Avon: exhibition of Shakspeare pictures and relics in the Townhall, 1864. Celebration of the tercentenary of William Shakespeare's birth

The Shakspeare Commemoration: scene from..."King Henry IV.", Part I, played at Drury Lane..., 1864
The Shakspeare Commemoration: scene from Shakspeare's play of "King Henry IV.", Part I, as played at Drury Lane - Battle of Shrewsbury, in the last act, 1864

Tableau of Shakspeare characters, designed by John Gilbert, 1864. Creator: W Thomas
Tableau of Shakspeare characters, designed by John Gilbert, 1864. Illustration celebrating the tricentenary of Shakespeare's birth

Box made of the wood of Shakspeare's mulberry-tree, presented to [David] Garrick..., 1864. Creator: Unknown
Box made of the wood of Shakspeare's mulberry-tree, presented to [David] Garrick by the town of Stratford-on-Avon, 1864

The Shakspeare Commemoration at Stratford-On-Avon: scene from "Romeo And Juliet"..., 1864. Creator: Unknown
The Shakspeare Commemoration at Stratford-On-Avon: scene from "Romeo And Juliet", as performed in the Festival Pavilion, 1864

Portraits of Shakspeare, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Portraits of Shakspeare, 1864. '...according to the best authorities, there is not even a portrait for which it can be asserted that he sat...The centre...[portrait] is the most authenticated

The Shakspeare Commemoration at Stratford-On-Avon: visit to Charlecote, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The Shakspeare Commemoration at Stratford-On-Avon: visit to Charlecote, 1864. Celebrating the tercentenary of William Shakespeare's birth

The Shakspeare Commemoration at Stratford-On-Avon: scene from "The Comedy of Errors"...1864. Creator: Unknown
The Shakspeare Commemoration at Stratford-On-Avon: scene from "The Comedy of Errors", as performed in the Festival Pavilion, 1864

"Master Slender and Anne Page", by Sir Augustus W. Callcott, R.A....South Kensington Museum, 1864
"Master Slender and Anne Page", by Sir Augustus W. Callcott, R.A. in the Sheepshanks Collection, South Kensington Museum, 1864. Engraving of a painting

Signor Rossi, the Italian Tragedian, 1876. Creator: Unknown
Signor Rossi, the Italian Tragedian, 1876. Engraving from a photograph by Ambrosetti of Turin. Ernesto Rossi...a native of Leghorn...ran away from school in his boyhood to go on the stage

AI IMAGE - King Lear, 2023. Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - King Lear, 2023. Main character from the tragedy of "King Lear" by William Shakespeare. Lear divides his power and land between two of his daughters

AI IMAGE - King Lear, 2023. Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - King Lear, 2023. Main character from the tragedy of "King Lear" by William Shakespeare. Lear divides his power and land between two of his daughters

AI IMAGE - Othello, 2023. Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Othello, 2023. Leading character from "The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice" by William Shakespeare, (c1603)

AI IMAGE - Othello, 2023. Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Othello, 2023. Leading character from "The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice" by William Shakespeare, (c1603)

AI IMAGE - Othello, 2023. Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Othello, 2023. Leading character from "The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice" by William Shakespeare, (c1603)

AI IMAGE - The witches from "Macbeth", 2023. Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - The witches from "Macbeth", 2023. Double, double toil and trouble: Fire burn, and cauldron bubble. By the pricking of my thumbs

AI IMAGE - The witches from "Macbeth", 2023. Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - The witches from "Macbeth", 2023. Double, double toil and trouble: Fire burn, and cauldron bubble. By the pricking of my thumbs

AI IMAGE - King Lear, 2023. Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - King Lear, 2023. Main character from the tragedy of "King Lear" by William Shakespeare. Lear divides his power and land between two of his daughters

AI IMAGE - Romeo and Juliet, 2023. Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Romeo and Juliet, 2023. The two main characters in "Romeo and Juliet", a tragedy by William Shakespeare

AI IMAGE - King Lear, 2023. Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - King Lear, 2023. Main character from the tragedy of "King Lear" by William Shakespeare. Lear divides his power and land between two of his daughters

"The Tempest": Prospero adrift, 1860. Creator: Unknown. "The Tempest": Prospero adrift, 1860
"The Tempest": Prospero adrift, 1860. This is a superbly got-up edition of that romantic play of our great bard which, as much as any, affords materials for illustration

Scene from "Macbeth", at the Princess Theatre, 1858. Creator: Smyth
Scene from "Macbeth", at the Princess Theatre, 1858. London stage production, showing...the Witch-Cauldron Scene...in the superb revival of "Macbeth

Hamlet, 1851. Creator: Honore Daumier
Hamlet, 1851. "Prenez cette urne et jurez-moi sur elle..."Non ta mere, mon fils, ne fut point criminelle..."L'osez-vous, je vous crois!"

Gloucester and Princess Anne. Scene from Shakespeare's Richard III. Creator: Ernst Josephson
Gloucester and Princess Anne. Scene from Shakespeare's Richard III, unknown date

Mr. Compton, of the Theatre Royal Haymarket, as "Touchstone", 1857. Creator: Joseph Swain. Mr
Mr. Compton, of the Theatre Royal Haymarket, as "Touchstone", 1857. Portrait from a photograph by Mayall. Henry Compton...has played the whole of that fine round of characters which are

Mr. Charles Kean as "Hamlet", 1856. Creator: Unknown. Mr. Charles Kean as "Hamlet", 1856
Mr. Charles Kean as "Hamlet", 1856. Keane...had been led by both his parents to expect the inheritance of an ample fortune...But clouds had been gradually darkening

Scene from "King Richard the Second", at the Princess Theatre, 1857. Creator: Unknown
Scene from "King Richard the Second", at the Princess Theatre, 1857. London stage production of Shakespeare's "Richard II" with Charles Kean in the title role

Mr. Fritz Leiber in costume, 1919 Oct. 11. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Mr. Fritz Leiber in costume, 1919 Oct. 11. American Shakespearean stage actor Fritz Reuter Leiber Sr

Mr. Fritz Leiber in costume, 1919 Oct. 11. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Mr. Fritz Leiber in costume, 1919 Oct. 11. American Shakespearean stage actor Fritz Reuter Leiber Sr

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"Shakespearian Splendor: A Glimpse into the World of Shakespearean Theatre" Step back in time and immerse yourself in the enchanting world of Shakespearean theatre. From whimsical fairy costumes to iconic scenes, this collection transports us to a bygone era filled with magic and drama. In "A Midsummer Night's Dream, " Act 4, Scene 1 comes alive as we witness four exquisite fairy costumes. These ethereal creations capture the essence of Shakespeare's beloved play, where mischief and love intertwine under moonlit skies. The allure continues with Ariel from "The Tempest. " Painted by Henry James Townsend in c1870, this portrayal captures the spirit of a mischievous sprite who enchants both characters on stage and audiences alike. Henry Irving and F B Chatterton are immortalized in a charming cartoon that showcases their undeniable talent. As they bring Shakespeare's words to life, their performances leave an indelible mark on theater history. Ira Aldridge takes center stage as Othello in an evocative portrait created by Henry Perronet Briggs. This powerful depiction reminds us of the profound impact that diverse actors have had on interpreting Shakespeare's timeless works throughout history. Sir John Gilbert's masterpiece depicts Timon and Apemantus sharing a poignant moment. The artist skillfully captures their contrasting personalities while exploring themes of friendship, betrayal, and greed found within "Timon of Athens. " Oberon and Titania grace our presence next—a mesmerizing image from the 19th century that encapsulates their otherworldly beauty. Their intricate costumes transport us to a realm where fairies reign supreme amidst dreams woven by William Shakespeare himself. "The Merchant of Venice" unfolds before our eyes through an intricately detailed scene captured by an unknown artist. We can almost hear Shylock delivering his famous monologue as we delve into one of literature's most complex characters.