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Shakespeare illustrated [graphic] : life's but a walking shadow.

Griffiths, Henry Deer, former owner.; T. Bedford's Lithographic Press, publisher.
1824
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Digital image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library ART 249- 538, no.1-3

Title
Shakespeare illustrated [graphic] : life's but a walking shadow.
Created/published
[Bristol] : Bedford's Lithoghy., 1824-1825.
Description
3 prints : lithographs ; sheets 280 x 385 mm or smaller.
Associated name
Griffiths, Henry Deer, former owner.
T. Bedford's Lithographic Press, publisher.
Material base
paper
Summary
Each lithographed sheet contains between 10 and 13 cells in 2 strips, illustrating scenes from Shakespeare plays with line-and-dot stick figures and appropriate quotations from Hamlet (no. 1, 2); Macbeth (no. 1, 2, 3); The tempest (no. 1); Henry IV, Part 1 (no. 1); Henry VIII (no. 1); Merchant of Venice (no. 1) ; Romeo and Juliet (no. 1, 3); Richard II (no. 1); Richard III (no. 2, 3); Othello (no. 2); Merry wives of Windsor (no. 2, 3); Henry VI, Part 2 (no. 2); Julius Caesar (no. 3); Cymbeline (no. 3); Much ado about nothing (no. 3).
Note
T. Bedford's lithographic press was located in Bristol.

Nos. 1 and 2 "2d edition. 1824." No. 3 is dated 1825.
Linked resources
Digital image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library ART 249- 538, no.1-3
Genre/form
Prints.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- Bristol.

Call number
ART 249- 538, no.1-3 (size M)
Folger-specific note
Paired stab holes and thread fragments indicate leaves were previously sewn together. Autograph on no.1: Henry Deer Griffiths. Nos. 2 and 3 have "Whatman 1823" watermark
Folger accession
249538

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