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Coriolanus and Aufidius (Shakespeare, Coriolanus, Act 4, Scene 5)

Charles Heath, the elder

1825–40

William Shakespeare

John Cochran

1827

Cordelia and King Lear (Shakespeare, King Lear, Act 4, Scene 7)

Charles Heath, the elder

1825–40

Beatrice and Benedick (Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, Act 2, Scene 3)

Charles Heath, the elder

1825–40

William Shakespeare

George Vertue

1719

Shakespeare's Seven Ages

Edward Goodall

1850

Illustrated London Almanack

Samuel John Carter

1871–75

Miss Lydia Hone – "Her beauty hangs on the Cheek of Night, like a rich Jewel in an Ethiop's Ear"

John Raphael Smith

November 30, 1771

Simonides and Thaisa (Shakespeare, Pericles, Act 2, Scene 2)

Frederick Bacon

1825–40

Illustration to Shakespeare's Tempest, Act III, Scene 2

Walter Crane

1893

Illustration to the Tempest: Caliban, Ferdinand and Ariel

Henry Courtney Selous

1836

Hero, Ursula and Beatrice (Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, Act 3, Scene 1)

Peter Simon

first published 1790; reissued 1852

Subscription Ticket for "Garrick in the Character of Richard III"

William Hogarth

18th century

Macbeth

Thomas Goff Lupton

1828

The Ghost–The Tragicall Historie of Hamlet Prince of Denmarke, Act 1, Scene 2

Edward Gordon Craig

ca. 1928

Playscene: Conductor & Orchestra, and Play Murder–The Tragicall Historie of Hamlet Prince of Denmarke, Act 3, Scene 2

Edward Gordon Craig

ca. 1928

John Henderson, in the Character of Iago (Shakespeare's Othello)

Francesco Bartolozzi

1786

Mr. Henderson in the Character of Macbeth

John Jones

1787

The Spirit of Shakespeare Appearing to his Detractors

Sylvester Harding

1796

The Combat in Macbeth (Shakespeare, Macbeth, act 5, scene 8)

George Cruikshank

1818–19

Caliban, from "Twelve Characters from Shakespeare"

John Hamilton Mortimer

May 20, 1775

Player Looking Through a Curtain–The Tragicall Historie of Hamlet Prince of Denmarke

Edward Gordon Craig

ca. 1928

Imogen and Iachimo (Shakespeare, Cymbeline, Act 2, Scene 2)

William Ensom

1827

Gallerie zu Shakespeare's Dramatischen Werken in Umrissen / Gallery to Shakespeare's Dramatic Works in Outlines

Moritz Retzsch

1849

Ophelia (Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act 4)

Francesco Bartolozzi

1784

Miss Neilson in Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night," from the Actors and Actresses series (N342), Type 1, issued by Thomas H. Hall Tobacco to promote Between the Acts and Bravo Cigarettes.

Thomas H. Hall Tobacco

1880–92

Hostess and Sly (Shakespeare, Taming of the Shrew, Induction, Scene 1)

Charles Heath, the elder

1825–40

Hero Fainting in Church (Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, Act 4, Scene 1)

Peter Simon

first published 1789; reissued 1852

Falstaff Rising Slowly (Shakespeare, First Part of King Henry IV, Act 5, Scene 4)

James Neagle

June 4, 1794

Cassio Bowing

Théodore Chassériau

1852

A Midsummer-Night's Dream

William Shakespeare

1868

Miss O'Neil in Juliet

Charles Turner

December 16, 1814

Mr. James Bennett as Iago: "That Cassio loves her, I do well believe it. That she love him, 'tis apt, and of great credit" (Othello, Act 3, Scene 4)

Martin & Johnson, New York

1855

Olivia's House - Olivia, Maria and Malvolio (Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, Act 3, Scene 4)

Thomas Ryder I

first published 1794; reissued 1852

Torchbearer–The Tragicall Historie of Hamlet Prince of Denmarke, Act 2, Scene 2

Edward Gordon Craig

ca. 1928

Miss O'Neill as Juliet

George Dawe

May 30, 1816

Frontispiece, from Othello

Théodore Chassériau

1900

Mrs. Gwyn & Mrs. Bunbury in the Characters of The Merry Wives of Windsor

William Dickinson

1780

Anne Page, Slender and Shallow (Shakespeare, Merry Wives of Windsor, Act 1, Scene 1)

Peter Simon

first published 1792; reissued 1852

Mr. Young as Iago

John William Gear

ca. 1824

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