Shakesperean heads [graphic] / E.G. Lewis
1863
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Title
Shakesperean heads [graphic] / E.G. Lewis
Created/published
[London?], 1863.
Description
12 drawings : watercolor, some over charcoal, heightened with white and gum arabic; sheets 19 x 14 cm, mounted on larger card
Note
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Title from portfolio cover.
12 mounted watercolors of characters from Shakespeare's plays, signed and dated in red within the image, usually lower right, sometimes lower left.
Handwritten in ink on back of each mount, "Copyright Secured. E. Goodwyn Lewis Pinxt., 21 George St., Euston Road, London, N.W."
Similar, but not identical, to the images of the same characters photographed for Lewis's Shakesperean creations.
Loose in mid-19th-century portfolio, ties lacking, gilt title on upper cover.
Title from portfolio cover.
12 mounted watercolors of characters from Shakespeare's plays, signed and dated in red within the image, usually lower right, sometimes lower left.
Handwritten in ink on back of each mount, "Copyright Secured. E. Goodwyn Lewis Pinxt., 21 George St., Euston Road, London, N.W."
Similar, but not identical, to the images of the same characters photographed for Lewis's Shakesperean creations.
Loose in mid-19th-century portfolio, ties lacking, gilt title on upper cover.
Contents
Dogberry, Much ado about nothing
Verges, Much ado about nothing
Shylock, Merchant of Venice
Sir John Falstaff, Henry IV
Bardolph, Henry IV
Richard III
Henry VIII
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
Ophelia, Hamlet
Ghost, Hamlet
King Lear
Othello, Moor of Venice.
Verges, Much ado about nothing
Shylock, Merchant of Venice
Sir John Falstaff, Henry IV
Bardolph, Henry IV
Richard III
Henry VIII
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
Ophelia, Hamlet
Ghost, Hamlet
King Lear
Othello, Moor of Venice.
Provenance
Handwritten in ink on inside front cover of portfolio, "Thomas Bazley, Esqre. MP., Eynsham Hale, Oxon." (that is, before 1869, when he became a baronet). Acquired from Bloomsbury Book Auctions (sale 324, lot 41) 1998-05-14.
Call number
ART Flat d6
Folger-specific note
Dogberry Adopted Anonymously, Acquisitions Night 1999. Verges Adopted by Anne and Fred Woodworth, Acquisitions Night 1999. Shylock Adopted by Dr. Mona E. Dingle, Acquisitions Night 1999. Richard III Adopted by Helen Kenney in honor of Caroline E. Kenney, Acquisitions Night 1999. Henry VIII Adopted by Melody and Robert Fetske, Acquisitions Night 1999. Hamlet Adopted by William Nitze in honor of Ann Richards Nitze, Acquisitions Night 1999. Ophelia Adopted by Thesia Garner in honor of her mother, Annie E. Parker Garner, Acquisitions Night 1999. Ghost Adopted by Martha Oberle, Acquisitions Night 1999. King Lear Adopted by Martha Oberle in memory of Peggy Simonds, Acquisitions Night 1999. Othello Adopted by Darrell Zimmerman, Acquisitions Night 1999.
Folger accession
247634