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William Shakespeare

Original antique prints of William Shakespeare plays and sonnets from various, mostly 19th-century sources.

Please click on the thumbnails below for an enlarged view.
The Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on actual antique print.

Kemble in the Character of Hamlet

Kemble in the Character of Hamlet

London, Fisher, Son & Co, 1844

SHEET SIZE: 7.875 X 10.5 INCHES
IMAGE SIZE: APPROX. 3.675 X 4.5 INCHES

PLEASE VIEW ENLARGEMENT FOR CONDITION

$25

Death of Richard II

Death of Richard II

London, Fisher, Son & Co, 1844

SHEET SIZE: 5 X 7.25 INCHES
IMAGE SIZE: APPROX. 4.25 X 5.75 INCHES

PLEASE VIEW ENLARGEMENT FOR CONDITION

$25

Malvolio

Malvolio

From the Picture in the Vernon Gallery

London, published for the Proprietors

D. MacLise, R.A., Painter / R. Staines, Engraver

"Tthe Vernon Gallery of British Art" S.C. Hall, ed.
circa 1850

SHEET SIZE: 12.5 X 8.75 INCHES
IMAGE SIZE: APPROX. 10.125 X 6.25 INCHES

PLEASE VIEW ENLARGEMENT FOR CONDITION.
ENTIRE SHEET IS TOO LARGE TO SCAN; ONLY SCANNABLE PORTION SHOWN IN ENLARGEMENT.

$40

Juliet in the Cell of Friar Lawrence

Juliet in the Cell of Friar Lawrence

Sellmar Hess, Publisher, New York

E.M. Ward, R.A., Painter / H. Bourne, Engraver

"Art and Artists of Our Time" by Clarence Cook
circa 1873

SHEET SIZE: 10 X 8.75 INCHES
IMAGE SIZE: APPROX. 7.75 X 8.75 INCHES

PLEASE VIEW ENLARGEMENT FOR CONDITION.
ENTIRE SHEET IS TOO LARGE TO SCAN; ONLY SCANNABLE PORTION SHOWN IN ENLARGEMENT.

$40

Romeo & Juliet

Romeo & Juliet

 

published 1 Sept. 1798 by Edward Harding
98 Pall Mall (London)

Thurston del. / Platt sc.

SHEET SIZE: 3.75 X 6.25 INCHES
IMAGE SIZE: APPROX. 3 X 3.25 INCHES

PLEASE VIEW ENLARGEMENT FOR CONDITION.

$15

Romeo & Juliet

Romeo & Juliet

 

by K. Makowsky

Heliolithogravure: The Circuit Co., Chicago

SHEET SIZE: 8.5 X 10.5 INCHES
IMAGE SIZE: APPROX. 5.125 X 7.5 INCHES

PLEASE VIEW ENLARGEMENT FOR CONDITION.

$25

[Ophelia]

[Ophelia]

lithograph or photogravure on chain-laid paper

SHEET SIZE: 5.75 X 9 INCHES
IMAGE SIZE: APPROX. 3.75 X 5.25 INCHES

PLEASE VIEW ENLARGEMENT FOR CONDITION.

$20

Ophelia

Ophelia

E. Ferrett & Co, 212 Chestnut St Philadelphia

Drawn by J. Bostock
Eng. by W.G. Jackmand, Wall St. NY

SHEET SIZE: 6.5 X 10.675 INCHES
IMAGE SIZE: APPROX. 3.75 X 5 INCHES

PLEASE VIEW ENLARGEMENT FOR CONDITION.

$15

Anne Page

Anne Page

Merry Wives of Windsor

SHEET SIZE: 8.75 X 11.5 INCHES
IMAGE SIZE: APPROX. 5.25 X 6.75 INCHES

PLEASE VIEW ENLARGEMENT FOR CONDITION.

$25

All's Well that Ends Well

All's Well that Ends Well

J.M. Wright / C. Heath

SHEET SIZE: 6.25 X 10.5 INCHES
IMAGE SIZE: APPROX. 2.5 X 3.75 INCHES

PLEASE VIEW ENLARGEMENT FOR CONDITION.

$15

Two Gentlemen of Verona

Two Gentlemen of Verona

ACT 5, SCENE 2

The London Printing and Publishing Company, Limited

SHEET SIZE: 6 X 9.875 INCHES
IMAGE SIZE: APPROX. 4.75 X 5.5 INCHES

PLEASE VIEW ENLARGEMENT FOR CONDITION.

$20

Henry IV and the Belle Fosseuse

Henry IV and the Belle Fosseuse

A. Morlon, Pinx

"The Library of Historic Characters and Famous Events"
A.R. Spofford, Phil. Wm Finley & Co.
1894

SHEET SIZE: 6.5 X 5.875 INCHES
IMAGE SIZE: APPROX. 6.25 X 4.25 INCHES

PLEASE VIEW ENLARGEMENT FOR CONDITION.

$15

Etching of 'Anne Page, Slender & Shallow'

Etching of 'Anne Page, Slender & Shallow'

[Merry Wives of Windsor]

for the Subscribers of the year 1850

SHEET SIZE: 9 X 5.75 INCHES
IMAGE SIZE: APPROX. 5.75 X 4.25 INCHES

PLEASE VIEW ENLARGEMENT FOR CONDITION.

$15

[Shakespeare before Huey]

[Shakespeare before Huey]

R. de los Rio, sculpt.

SHEET SIZE: 9 X 5.675 INCHES
IMAGE SIZE: APPROX. 5.5 X 3.75 INCHES

PLEASE VIEW ENLARGEMENT FOR CONDITION.

$25

[Ellen Terry in Ophelia]

[Ellen Terry as Ophelia in Shakespeare's 'Hamlet']

original etching by Anna Lea Merritt

probably from "The Etcher' or 'American Art Review'
circa 1879-1880

SHEET SIZE: 8.25 X 11.25 INCHES
IMAGE SIZE: APPROX. 6.25 X 8.25 INCHES

PLEASE VIEW ENLARGEMENT FOR CONDITION.

$125

'Shall I not take mine ease in mine inn?' Falstaff

'Shall I not take mine ease in mine inn?'
Falstaff

original wood engraving by Edward Grützne (1873)

SHEET SIZE: 16 X 8.875 INCHES
IMAGE SIZE: APPROX. 11.675 X 8.675 INCHES

PLEASE VIEW ENLARGEMENT FOR CONDITION.
NOTE: ENTIRE SHEET IS TOO LARGE TO SCAN.
MARGINS ARE PRESENT AND FULL, AS ISSUED.

$50

The Merry Wives of Windsor

The Merry Wives of Windsor

ACT V, SCENE 4

Original hand-colored etching

Leipsic, Published by Ernest Fleischer, 1844

SHEET SIZE: 11.75 X 8.875 INCHES
IMAGE SIZE: APPROX. 8.75 X 7 INCHES

PLEASE VIEW ENLARGEMENT FOR CONDITION.
NOTE: ENTIRE SHEET IS TOO LARGE TO SCAN.
MARGINS ARE PRESENT AND FULL, AS ISSUED.

$50

[Pandulph and King John]

[Pandulph and King John]

W. Von Kaulbach, pinx

SHEET SIZE: 5.675 X 9 INCHES
IMAGE SIZE: APPROX. 3.25 X 3.675 INCHES

PLEASE VIEW ENLARGEMENT FOR CONDITION.

$15

[Master Betty as Hamlet]

[Master Betty as Hamlet]

 

SHEET SIZE: 5.675 X 9 INCHES
IMAGE SIZE: APPROX. 3.75 X 5.25 INCHES

PLEASE VIEW ENLARGEMENT FOR CONDITION.

$15

[Mrs. Siddons as The Tragic Muse]

[Mrs. Siddons as The Tragic Muse]

 

SHEET SIZE: 5.675 X 9 INCHES
IMAGE SIZE: APPROX. 3.25 X 4.5 INCHES

PLEASE VIEW ENLARGEMENT FOR CONDITION.

$15

[Mistress Ford]

[Mistress Ford]

 

SHEET SIZE: 5.675 X 9 INCHES
IMAGE SIZE: APPROX. 4 X 5.75 INCHES

PLEASE VIEW ENLARGEMENT FOR CONDITION.

$15

[Viola]

[Viola]

 

SHEET SIZE: 5.675 X 9 INCHES
IMAGE SIZE: APPROX. 4 X 5.5 INCHES

PLEASE VIEW ENLARGEMENT FOR CONDITION.

$15

[Ada Reban as Katharina]

[Ada Reban as Katharina]

 

SHEET SIZE: 5.675 X 9 INCHES
IMAGE SIZE: APPROX. 3.75 X 5.75 INCHES

PLEASE VIEW ENLARGEMENT FOR CONDITION.

$15

[Trial of Queen Katherine]

[Trial of Queen Katherine]

 

SHEET SIZE: 5.675 X 9 INCHES
IMAGE SIZE: APPROX. 4.125 X 3 INCHES

PLEASE VIEW ENLARGEMENT FOR CONDITION.

$15

[Shakespeare before Huey]

[Shakespeare before Huey]

 

SHEET SIZE: 5.675 X 9 INCHES
IMAGE SIZE: APPROX. 3.75 X 5.75 INCHES

PLEASE VIEW ENLARGEMENT FOR CONDITION.

$15

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