Boydell's Shakespeare Prints: 90 Engravings (Dover Fine Art, History of Art) - Softcover

Boydell, John; Boydell, Josiah

9780486436517: Boydell's Shakespeare Prints: 90 Engravings (Dover Fine Art, History of Art)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0486436519 ISBN 13: 9780486436517

Publisher: Dover Publications, 2004

This impressive collection of engravings illustrating the dramatic works of Shakespeare takes a new look at the long-neglected area of romantic early-19th-century art. Nearly 100 illustrations depict dramatic scenes from AMidsummer Night's Dream, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Tempest, Two Gentlemen of Verona, Measure for Measure, Macbeth, Julius Caesar, Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, and King Lear, and 26 other plays. A monumental effort begun in 1787, the engravings speak as passionately to the viewer today as they did more than 200 years ago.

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