List of paintings commissioned for the "Shakespeare Gallery" of John Boydell [manuscript], compiled [1808?].
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Title
List of paintings commissioned for the "Shakespeare Gallery" of John Boydell [manuscript], compiled [1808?].
Description
2 items.
Associated name
Boydell, John, 1720-1804, author.
Drummond, John, active 1808.
Boydell, Josiah, 1752-1817. Boydell's graphic illustrations of the dramatic works of Shakspeare.
Drummond, John, active 1808.
Boydell, Josiah, 1752-1817. Boydell's graphic illustrations of the dramatic works of Shakspeare.
Summary
List gives the names of the painters, engravers, their prices and the subjects chosen. It may have been drawn up in connection with the court case involving Josiah Boydell and John Drummond, 1808. Leaf 121v bears the off-set: Boydell's Graphic Illustrations, [1804?]. Includes a newspaper cutting, ca. 1850.
Note
Watermark: 1807.
Two items formerly pasted onto leaves 120, 121 and 128 of an unidentified volume.
Two items formerly pasted onto leaves 120, 121 and 128 of an unidentified volume.
Exhibited
Y.d.369 (1a, 1b) Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2007. Marketing Shakespeare.
Item Details
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Y.d.369 (1-2) Map case
Folger accession
cs2049