Title(s)

The plays of William Shakespeare (title on object)

Object type

• book

Object number

RP-F-2001-7-240

Artist

• William Shakespeare (mentioned on object)
• publisher: Cassell & Co. (mentioned on object)
• Mary Cowden Clarke (mentioned on object)
• Charles Cowden Clarke (mentioned on object)

Place

London

Dating

1893

Material

• paper
• linen (material)
• cardboard

Technique

printing / engraving

Measurements

height 319 mm × width 245 mm × thickness 13 mm

Credit line

• Purchased with the support of the Mondriaan Stichting, the Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds, the VSBfonds, the Paul Huf Fonds/Rijksmuseum Fonds and the Egbert Kunstfonds

Acquisition

purchase 2001

Copyright

Public domain

Parts

• Mr. Henry Irving as Hamlet (RP-F-2001-7-240-1)
• Mr. Henry Irving as Shylock (RP-F-2001-7-240-2)
• Miss Ellen Terry as Portia (RP-F-2001-7-240-3)
• Miss Mary Anderson as Perdita (RP-F-2001-7-240-4)
• Mr. Henry Irving as Cardinal Wolsey (RP-F-2001-7-240-6)
• Mr R. Mansfield and Miss B. Cameron as Richard III and Lady Anne (RP-F-2001-7-240-7)
• Mr. Clyffe and Miss Lingard as Romeo and Juliet (RP-F-2001-7-240-8)
• Mr. Wilson Barrett as Hamlet (RP-F-2001-7-240-9)
• Mr. Alexander as Macduff Mr. Irving as Macbeth (RP-F-2001-7-240-10)
• Miss Ellen Terry as Cordelia. Mr. Irving as King Lear (RP-F-2001-7-240-11)
• Herbert Beerbohm Tree as Falstaff (RP-F-2001-7-240-5)