| Ref No | Shakespeare/1/7/793/.01 386911 |
| Finding Number | Shakespeare S 793.01 386911 E |
| Title | The American edition of Boydell's Illustrations of the Dramatic works of Shakespeare / by the most eminent artists of Great Britain ... |
| Level | Item |
| Date | 1852 |
| Description | General Note: Title-vignettes. |
| General Note: Printed from the original copper plates, restored; 100 designs (including the portraits of George III and Queen Charlotte, and the title-vignettes) Each design is accompanied by a leaf of descriptive letterpress with quotations from the text it illustrates. The original edition by John and Josiah Boydell, appeared under title: A collection of prints, from pictures painted for the purpose of illustrating the Dramatic works of Shakspeare, by the artists of Great Britain ... London, 1803, 2 v. |
| General Note: 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. |
| Extent | 1 |
| Author | Boydell, John, 1719-1804. |
| Boydell, Josiah, 1752-1817. |
| Spooner, Shearjashub, 1809-1859, ed. |
| Smirke, Robert, 1752-1845, illus. |
| Fuseli, Henry, 1741-1825, illus. |
| Northcote, James, 1746-1831, illus. |
| Subject | Tag 600: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Illustrations. |
| Physical Description | 2 v. : fronts. (port.) 96 pl. ; 72 x 57 cm. |
| Access Status | Open |
| Publisher | New-York : Restored and pub. with original descriptions of the plates, by Shearjashub Spooner, |