Shakespeare Antique

Some tiles in this series include scenes from Shakespeare and one illustrating ‘Early English History’.

In addition to his landscape paintings, Pennell was also an accomplished illustrator, and he illustrated several books, including a collection of English folk songs and a volume of S...

Some tiles in this series include scenes from Shakespeare and one illustrating ‘Early English History’ of an historical figure.

Some tiles in this series include scenes from Shakespeare and one illustrates ‘Early English History’.

Some tiles in this series include scenes from Shakespeare and one illustrates ‘Early English History’.

Some tiles in this series include scenes from Shakespeare and one illustrates ‘Early English History’.

Some tiles in this series include scenes from Shakespeare and one illustrating 'Early English History'.

He produced, among others, the busts of Napoleon III, Renan, Thiers, Grévy, Arago, Marguerite Bellanger, Théophile Gautier, Honoré Daumier, Delacroix, Hortense Schneider, Réjane… He ...

He produced, among others, the busts of Napoleon III, Renan, Thiers, Grévy, Arago, Marguerite Bellanger, Théophile Gautier, Honoré Daumier, Delacroix, Hortense Schneider, Réjane… He ...

The second features the Prince of Wales in a club inspired by Shakespeare's Henry V and his companions. Philips’ known works are mostly from the 1730s, with his last recorded portrai...

'Kismet' Vanity Fair portrait of Mr Oscar Asche (1871 -1936) who was an Australian actor, director and writer, best known for the record-breaking musical Chu Chin Chow, and for acti...

Previous owner's ink inscription "D.M. from Wing Commander Whittaker." This is no. 6 of Shakespeare Head Press' Quartos series. [Potter 123].

Many painters were inspired by literary works (especially those of Shakespeare, Goethe, and Byron), while painters described their landscapes or scenes with an almost pictorial tone.

Many painters were inspired by literary works (especially those of Shakespeare, Goethe, and Byron), while painters described their landscapes or scenes with an almost pictorial tone.

Work for the Illustrated Shakespeare of Robert Chambers took him to Edinburgh, where he found a good friend in William Nelson, the publisher.

Born in 1587, Vondel is often called the Dutch Shakespeare, renowned for his tragedies, religious epics, and lyrical poetry.

A fine KPM porcelain plaque depicting a scene from Shakespeare's Play Othello, after the painting by Carl Ludwig Friedrich Becker, (German, 1820-1900). 

The Merry Wives of Windsor or Sir John Falstaff and the Merry Wives of Windsor is a comedy by William Shakespeare first published in 1602, though believed to have been written in or ...

His artistic reputation is particularly tied to his posthumous portrait of William Shakespeare, a work that has been frequently reproduced and remains emblematic of his oeuvre.

Thomas Cooper Gotch RBA RI 1854 - 1931 Death the Bride Graphite on paper Image size: 44 x 34 inches Pre Raphaelite Style frame The title of the painting comes from Shakespeare. It ...

He painted several subjects for Boydell's Shakespeare Gallery, designed illustrations to Bell's edition of the poets, and practised to some small extent as an etcher and mezzotint-en...

Yet his repertoire was broad, and Salmson also cast statues of great historical figures such as Shakespeare, Rubens, Hamlet and Byron.

. * **Benjamin Franklin** – Seen holding a scroll; a common figure in Enlightenment iconography. * **William Shakespeare** – Near the lower central register; recognizable from the fa...

Salmson regularly exhibited his work at the Salon in Paris from 1859 and worked on numerous commissions including statues of Shakespeare, Hamlet, Rubens and as in this case Van Dyck.

Lucretia’s story is also recounted in Shakespeare’s narrative poem The Rape of Lucrece."

Under the hammered base is engraved a butterfly, with a verse by Shakespeare from "A Midsummer Night's Dream": "Par-dessus la colline, par-dessus la vallée" ("Over hill, over dale").

The whimsical title device has inscriptions reading "Shakespeare is culture", "I vote" attached to the figure of a woman, "Bank of England loans to Japan or anywhere abroad."

Yet his repertoire was broad, and Salmson also cast statues of great historical figures such as Shakespeare, Rubens, Hamlet and Byron.

The painting shows a scene from Shakespeare's play Troilus and Cressida. The scene is executed with wonderful finesse and accomplished use of colour, as well as a confident nod to th...

Artist: Henry Perronet Briggs, Attributed to, English (1793 - 1844) Title: Juliet and Her Nurse with the Page Peter from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet Year: circa 1820 Medium: Oil o...

The great bear named “Sackerson,” was even referenced by name in Shakespeare’s play The Merry Wives of Windsor. Bear-baiting was later banned outright in England following an 1835 a...

It seems Madot was fascinated with the plays of Shakespeare and most his works were inspired by them.

Brough The Life of Sir John Falstaff; A biography of the knight from authentic sources A humorous pictorial recollection of the prominent events in the imaginary career of Shakespea...

From Wikipedia Amy Millicent Sowerby (1878–1967) was an English painter and illustrator, known for her illustrations of classic children's stories such as Alice's Adventures in Wonde...

He produced, among others, the busts of Napoleon III, Renan, Thiers, Grévy, Arago, Marguerite Bellanger, Théophile Gautier, Honoré Daumier, Delacroix, Hortense Schneider, Réjane… He ...

Propping the oval canvas up are three volumes of authors who influenced him; Shakespeare, Swift and Milton appealed to Hogarth’s dramatic and satirical leanings.

Copeland porcelain plaque depicting the Casket Scene from The Merchant of Venice English, Late 19th Century Frame: height 47.5cm, width 65.5cm, depth 5cm Plaque: 34cm, width 52cm,...

A meteorological phenomenon knowns as parhelion of three suns rising occurred at the dawn of the battle and Edward of York convinced the troops that it meant that God was on their si...

Antique print of David Garrick as Richard III in Shakespeare's play of the same name. He is shown full length, face turned to right with a sword in his right hand.

The tragic romantic Italian legend of Romeo and Juliet was first translated into English for publication in 1562--several decades before Shakespeare turned it into a famous play abou...

Victoria Art Gallery, Bath: Home to "Hampton Rocks, Morning." Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C.: Displays "Macbeth and the Witches."

The account has been much discussed by theological scholars, and is even referred to by Shakespeare's Hamlet to Polonius. The painting is sensitively and painted rendered in beaut...

The factory built up a large library of source material for the artists to work from. Scenes from Shakespeare’s plays were copied from engravings published by John Boydell’s Shakespe...

A large and impressive French 19th century life-size bust depicting Othello, the North African Moor of Venice character in the 1603 play written by William Shakespeare (1564-1616), a...

The painting depicts Anne Page and Master Slender, two characters in Shakespeare’s play The Merry Wives of Windsor. The figures are executed in a fluid and precise manner, the style ...

Hughes's version of the latter is in the form of a secular triptych, a technique he repeated for scenes from Shakespeare's As You Like It. His works are noted for their magical, glow...

More important was the graphic production: he engraved over two thousand etchings and illustrated works by Goethe, Schiller, Shakespeare, Voltaire, Cervantes. In 1797 he became direc...

Beyond her work on the stage, Woodwirth was an influential producer and manager of theaters, including the famed Shakespeare Globe; she was also a philanthropist backed by her husban...

In 1951, Eldershaw married artist and renowned children’s book author, Elisabeth Innes MacIntyre, creator of Ambrose Kangaroo, with whom he had a daughter, Jane, currently an illustr...

An elegant copy of Coleridge's Christmas dramatic poem modeled after Shakespeare's Winter's Tale and written with Byron's encouragement.

Indeed, Roger Grillon illustrated several works, such as Venus and Adonis by Shakespeare (1921, woodcut), The Child who took fear by Auguste Gilbert de Voisins (1926, etchings) or Pe...

Roland Wheelwright was also an accomplished illustrator and he provided the illustrations for Longman’s Swan edition of Shakespeare’s King Henry V and Harrap’s editions of Ivanhoe, T...

He created illustrations for the Bible, The Picturesque Beauties of Shakespeare, Johnson's Rasselas, Gil Blas, the Arabian Nights, Adventures of Hunchback, Don Quixote, as well as Jo...

The series was a collaboration between Rutherston and Harley Granville-Barker following on from their work together 11 years earlier at the Savoy Theatre and celebrating the quaterce...

The series was a collaboration between Rutherston and Harley Granville-Barker following on from their work together 11 years earlier at the Savoy Theatre and celebrating the quaterce...

This magnificent pair of antique Italian life-sized hand-carved marble figures depicts Romeo and Juliet, the young lovers in the famous play by William Shakespeare. One figure show...

The series was a collaboration between Rutherston and Harley Granville-Barker following on from their work together 11 years earlier at the Savoy Theatre and celebrating the quaterce...

The experience of Somers and his men inspired William Shakespeare, who dispatched Ariel to "fetch dew from the still-vext Bermoothes" and populated the islands with the cast of The T...

The subject matter of these busts is unusual, depicting protagonists from William Shakespeare's famous play, 'Othello'. In this, the courageous Venetian soldier Othello elopes with t...

Important sterling and gilt inkwell by John & Joseph Angell London 1853, depicting a likeness of Shakespeare, Socrates and other scholars. The inkwell is in mint condition with no is...