| Title |
Shakspeare Gallery |
| Subject |
Boydell, John, 1719-1804; Engraving; Fuseli, Henry, 1741-1825; Northcote, James, 1746-1831; Opie, John, 1761-1807; Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723-1792; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Illustrations; Smirke, Robert, 1752-1845; Stothard, Thomas, 1755-1834; Westall, Richard, 1765-1836; West, Benjamin, 1738-1820 |
| Creator |
Boydell, John, 1719-1804 |
| Description |
English print publisher John Boydell studied engraving in London. It is as the publisher of works of other engravers, however, that he is best known. In 1786 he began the publication, by subscription, of prints illustrating Shakespeare's works. The leading English artists, including Sir Joshua Reynolds, Benjamin West, and Henry Fuseli, were commissioned to paint scenes from Shakepeare's works. Boydell built a gallery to house these works. In 1803, Boydell published the engravings based on the paintings in the gallery. Because of the Boydell prints, some images of scenes from Shakespeare are, to this day, indelibly fixed in the public mind. The paintings commissioned by Boydell were used repeatedly to illustrate the works of Shakespeare, and they appear in all sorts of modified, adapted, and borrowed forms in engravings and drawings for subsequent publications. Because of financial reverses, due chiefly to the French Revolution and consequent closing of the continental market, the collection was sold by lottery in 1804. |
| Publisher |
London, Boydell, 1803. |
| Contributors |
Boydell, Josiah, 1752-1817; Northcote, James, 1746-1831. illus; Smirke, Robert, 1752-1845, illus; Fuseli, Henry, 1741-1825; Opie, John, 1761-1807, illus; Westall, Richard, 1765-1836; Stothard, Thomas, 1755-1834; Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723-1792 ; West, Benjamin, 1738-1820. |
| Date |
1803 |
| Type |
Text |
| Format |
image/jpeg |
| Format Creation |
Original photographed with 6 megapixel 2008 x 3008 pixel dimension Nikon D70 and saved as 240 ppi TIFF. Display image 800 pixel wide JPEG created in PhotoshopCS. |
| Identifier |
PR2883 .B6 |
| Language |
eng |
| Rights Management |
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ |
| Holding Institution |
Rare Books Division, Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Source Physical Dimensions |
18 cm x 24 cm |
| Scanning Technician |
Kelly Taylor |
| Call Number |
PR2883 .B6; Record ID 99296700102001 |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6pz5kwz |
| Setname |
uum_rbc |
| ID |
73750 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6pz5kwz |
| Title |
086-King Richard III |
| OCR Text |
Show Painted by Jas. Northcote. Engrav'd by Jas. Heath. Shakspeare. King Richard the Third, Act IV. Scene III. O thus, quoth Dighton, lay the gentle babes, - Thus, thus, quoth Forrest, girdling one another Within their alabaster innocent arms: Their lips were four red roses on a stalk, Which, in their summer beauty, kiss'd each other. A book of prayers on their pillow lay; Which once, quoth Forrest, almost chang'd my mind: But, O, the devil -- there the villain stopp'd; When Dighton thus told on, we smothered The most replenished sweet work of nature That, from the prime creation, e'er she fram'd.-- Publish'd March 1. 1791, by J. & J. Boydell, at the Shakspeare Gallery Pall Mall, & No. 90, Cheapside. |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Identifier |
086-King Richard III.jpg |
| Source |
The Shakspeare Gallery |
| Setname |
uum_rbc |
| ID |
73742 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6pz5kwz/73742 |
