A collection of prints, from pictures painted for the purpose of illustrating the dramatic works of Shakspeare
by John Boydell
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A collection of prints, from pictures painted for the purpose of illustrating the dramatic works of Shakspeare
1803, Published by John and Josiah Boydell, Shakspeare Gallery ... Printed by W. Bulmer and Co. ...
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Dedication and preface by Josiah Boydell dated March 25, 1805; the plates are dated 1790-1804.
Title vignettes (of Mrs. Damer's basso relievos)
Of the artists, Smirke, Fuseli, and Northcote contributed the largest number of plates; the others, including Reynolds, Opie, and Stothard, are represented by from one to five plates each; engraved by R. Thew, T. Ryder, P. Simon and others.
Sometimes confused with "Boydell's graphic illustrations ... of Shakspeare", 1804? a separate issue of the (smaller) plates prepared for their edition of Shakespeare, 1802, which also consists of 100 plates, most of them quite different from these large plates.
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