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Ophelia. The Works of Shakspere, with notes by Charles Knight (1873)

(Hamlet.)A. Hughes, Pinxt. C. Cousin, Sculpt.Ophelia is perhaps Hamlet’s former lover. She sits by the river plucking flowers one by one and worrying them in her hands; shortly afterwards she drowns [...]

Keywords: shakespeare, hamlet, ophelia, people, water, flowers, trees, forests, ponds, lonliness, sadness, greyscale

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Added: 2007-03-17

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Puck and the Fairies The Works of Shakspere, with notes by Charles Knight (1873)

R. Dadd Pinxt., W. M. Lizars Sculpt.: Puck and the Fairies (Midsummer Night’s Dream)Puck here is depicted as a naked baby sitting raised up on a toadstool while all around the creatures of the forest [...]

Keywords: shakespare, puck, midsummer nights dream, cherubs, nudity, fairies, bare feet, infants, babies, spooky, greyscale

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Added: 2004-07-19

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There Sleeps Titania The Works of Shakspere, with notes by Charles Knight (1873)

“From the Midsummer Night’s Dream.R. Huskisson. Pinx.Fred Heath. Sculp.The engraving shows Titania as a nearly-naked woman with a tiara of pearls, surrounded by her female maids-in-waiting. In the fo [...]

Keywords: shakespeare, midsummer nights dream, people, fairies, cherubs, nudity, forests, bare feet, snails, soldiers, royalty, spooky, dreams, titania, greyscale

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Added: 2009-10-22

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Engraving detail: stripy feet The Works of Shakspere, with notes by Charles Knight (1873)

A detail fromThere Sleeps Titaniashowing the engraving technique. It is actually the knight’s feet, in his quasi-medieval shoes.There is a series of three books about the Heath family of engravers: J [...]

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Added: 2009-10-22

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There Sleeps Titania (detail without the frame) The Works of Shakspere, with notes by Charles Knight (1873)

This is the central image fromThere Sleeps Titania, with the architectural arch removed. There is also amagnified detailso you can see more clearly the fabulous technique of one of the greatest engrav [...]

Keywords: shakespeare, titania, midsummer nights dream, people, fairies, cherubs, nudity, bare feet, forests, snails, soldiers, royalty, spooky, frames, colour

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Added: 2009-10-22

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Ariel The Works of Shakspere, with notes by Charles Knight (1873)

C. W. SHARPE, SCULPT.; H J. TOWNSEND, PINXT.Ariel, the spirit of wind, is bound to serve Prospero, in Shakespeare’s play “The Tempest,” and is here drawn as a miniature naked winged boy lying on the t [...]

Keywords: shakespeare, the tempets, as you like it, ariel, nudity, cherubs, bare feet, fairies, spooky, colour

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Added: 2004-07-19

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Corner decoration: Owl with leaves and tree The Works of Shakspere, with notes by Charles Knight (1873)

Thispointilliste-style decoration would look fabulous on a letterhead or in a scrapbook; it was filling in one corner of a pate in an 1870s edition of Shakespeare’s plays. It features an owl sitting i [...]

Keywords: borders, owls, birds, leaves, trees, ornaments, decorative elements, greyscale

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Added: 2012-08-16

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Corner decoration: brown owl with green leaves and tree The Works of Shakspere, with notes by Charles Knight (1873)

I made a coloured version of theowl in the corner of the page.

Keywords: owls, birds, borders, nature, leaves, ornaments, decorative elements, colour

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Added: 2012-08-17

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