A scene from Horace Walpole's Gothic novel The castle of Otranto, with Manfred, Theodore, and several other characters in the foreground drawing back in fear from the vision appearing behind them, shielding themselves with their arms. This vision, apperaring within the ruins of a castle wall that has been toppled, includes the ghostly form of Alphonso, in full armor, surrounded by smoke and accompanied by a monk
Description:
Title devised by curator., Signed by the artist in lower right corner., Date of production based on artist's death date., Page reference written in ink below lower right corner of image: P. 239., and Bound in opposite page 239 in an extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. The castle of Otranto. Parma : Printed by Bodoni, for J. Edwards, London, MDCCXCI [1791].
Simon, John Peter, -approximately 1810, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 January 1793]
Call Number:
Drawer 724 803B no. 92
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"King Leontes, furious with the delusion that Mamilius is not his son but a bastard, pointing at the child with his left hand, orders Antigonus, who has defended Hermione's honour and saved the child from being thrown into the fire, to prove his loyalty to his King by kissing his sword and abandoning the child in the wilderness."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from published state., 'Shakspeare' in open letters etched above title., State with the child and bed in outline only., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark on top and bottom.
Publisher:
Publish'd Jany. 1, 1793, by J. & J. Boydell, at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall & No. 90, Cheapside
Subject (Name):
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. and Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Middiman, Samuel, approximately 1750-1831, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 January 1793]
Call Number:
Drawer 724 803B no. 94
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Antigonus running from left to right, along the sea-coast of Bohemia towards a rock behind which the mast of a ship is visible, pursued by the bear, with the stormy sea foaming against cliffs on the left; etched state."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from published state., 'Shakspeare' in open letters etched below imprint., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark at top edge.
Publisher:
Publish'd Jany. 1, 1793, by J. & J. Boydell, Cheapside & at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall
Subject (Name):
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. and Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
"Perdita, mistress of the feast, with flowers in her hair and holding a staff in her left hand, giving rosemary and rue to Polixenes, who sits under a large tree to left, wearing a plumed hat and shrouded in a cloak, looking up at her appreciatively, while Florizel, disguised as Doricles, ushers forward his love, a dog beside him to right, with other figures, including a man wearing a sheepskin jacket, kneeling with a basket of fruit to left, the shepherd standing behind Polixenes, a ribbon seller showing a ballad to two young women to right and dancers in the field beyond."--Brit. Mus. online catalogue
Description:
Title from published state., State with figures in outline only., 'Shakspeare' in open letters below imprint., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark at top edge.
Publisher:
Publish'd Feb. 6th, 1789, by John & Josiah Boydell, No. 90 Cheapside, London
Subject (Name):
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. and Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
"Paulina draws back the curtain in front of the 'statue' of Hermione, restraining Leontes who rushes forward as the statue begins to move and seems to come alive, with Florizel supporting Perdita who sinks to her knees in front of her mother on the right."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from published state in the British Museum., 'Shakspeare' in open letters below imprint., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:
Publish'd Novr. 9, 1791, by J. & J. Boydell, Cheapside, & at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall, London
Subject (Name):
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. and Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
A scene from Horace Walpole's Gothic novel The castle of Otranto, with the character Theodore about to be executed in the courtyard of the castle. On the left, Theodore kneels down before the friar Jerome to pray, his shirt slipping down below his left shoulder to reveal the mark of a bloody arrow. Behind the friar stands Manfred, who ordered the execution, and several attendants; two guards holding pikes and a man carrying a sword stand behind the kneeling prisoner. At the far end of the courtyard on the right, the giant helmet sits in front of colonnades. In the background at center, the bordering colonnades are interrupted by a gray-colored section of the castle with arched windows and alcoves in which statues reside
Description:
Title devised by curator., Unsigned; artist not identified., Date of production supplied by curator., and Mounted opposite page 100 in an extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. The castle of Otranto. Parma : Printed by Bodoni, for J. Edwards, London, MDCCXCI [1791].
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797.
Subject (Topic):
Castles & palaces, Courtyards, Colonnades, Executions, Prayer, and Helmets
The young Zeluco with a defiant look on his face, crushes his pet bird in his right hand; a bird cage sits on a table to his left, its door standing open. To his right, his tutor looks back at him in horror
As part of the seduction of the wife of his Portuguese neighbor, Zelcuo meets their child while his nurse takes him to a secluded shady seat and pretends to be moved by his beauty
Description:
Title devised by cataloger. and Paper watermark: Edm [trimmed].