Title: Much Ado About Nothing (Click to view)
Description: Inscription Content: Lettered in a plaque above the image 'Shakspeare'; in a plaque below 'Much Ado About Nothing.'; below the image 'P.J. Loutherbourg invt. / Collyer sculpt. / Printed for J. Bell, British Library, Strand, London; Novr. 16th. 1784.'. Illustration from Bell's British Theatre; Hero swooning to right, into the arms of Beatrice and Benedick, gesturing weakly towards her father Leonato, who storms forward angrily, while the friar moves to restrain him; in a roundel with theatrical emblems and a plaque above, another plaque below; state before quotation. 1784 British engraving etching British XVIIIc Unmounted Roy Prints & Drawings
(credits: The British Museum)

Title: photograph (Click to view)
Description: Beatrice eavesdropping on Hero and Ursula; she stands in the left foreground of a garden and hides behind a arbour; on the right, Hero and Ursula, aware of Beatrice's presence, glance at the young woman; a scene from Shakespeare's 'Much Ado about Nothing', after Schmitz German photographic process German Masters Portfolio Prints & Drawings
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Title: Much Ado About Nothing (Click to view)
Description: Illustration from Bell's British Theatre; Hero swooning to right, into the arms of Beatrice and Benedick, gesturing weakly towards her father Leonato, who storms forward angrily, while the friar moves to restrain him; in a roundel with theatrical emblems and a plaque above, another plaque below; unfinished proof before letters. 1784 British engraving etching British XVIIIc Unmounted Roy Prints & Drawings
(credits: The British Museum)

Title: Much Ado About Nothing (Click to view)
Description: Interior of a church where Leonato bewails the seeming death of his daughter Hero, who swoons on the right, with Beatrice, Benedick and the Friar gathered around her in consternation, while Claudio walks away to left with Don Pedro, deserting her at the altar in the belief that she has betrayed him; in a frame; after Ryley; illustration to 'Much Ado About Nothing' in Lowndes' edition of Shakespeare's plays; before letters. 1785 British engraving etching British XVIIIc Unmounted Imp Prints & Drawings
(credits: The British Museum)

Title: print / book-illustration (Click to view)
Description: Inscription Content: Lettered below image in scratched letters with artists' names: 'Stothard / Simmons f' Scene in Leonato's garden, with Beatrice hiding behind a trellis at left, listening to the conversation between Hero and Ursula; illustration to Shakespeare's 'Much Ado About Nothing', Act III Scene 1; after Thomas Stothard; cratched letter state, with artists' names only. British engraving etching British XIXc Unmounted Roy Prints & Drawings
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Title: title-page / print (Click to view)
Description: Inscription Content: Lettered below image with production detail: "W. Harvey del. Thompson sc." Scene from 'Much Ado About Nothing' (Act III, Scene IV); Margaret and Beatrice dressing Hero, all looking to the left; title-page to a diamond edition of 'Dramatic Works of Shakspeare' (London: c.1826, Chiswick Press, vol. II); proof. British wood-engraving British XIXc Unmounted Roy Prints & Drawings
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Title: Much Ado About Nothing (Click to view)
Description: Inscription Content: Lettered below the image with a quotation: 'Leonate. / O Fate! take not away thy heavy hand.' and 'Ryley invent. / Angus sculp. / Published Decr. 21. 1785, by W. Lowndes.'; above the image 'Much Ado About Nothing / Act 4. / Scene 1.'. Interior of a church where Leonato bewails the seeming death of his daughter Hero, who swoons on the right, with Beatrice, Benedick and the Friar gathered around her in consternation, while Claudio walks away to left with Don Pedro, deserting her at the altar in the belief that she has betrayed him; in a frame; after Ryley; illustration to 'Much Ado About Nothing' in Lowndes' edition of Shakespeare's plays. 1785 British engraving etching British XVIIIc Unmounted Imp Prints & Drawings
(credits: The British Museum)

Title: Much Ado About Nothing, Act IV, Scene I / Shakespeare Gallery (Click to view)
Description: Inscription Content: Lettered below image: "Shakspeare", with title and lines from the play, production detail: "Painted by Wm. Hamilton", "Engrav'd by Milton & Testolini" and publication line: "Publish'd March 1; 1791, by John & Josiah Boydell, at the Shakespeare Galley Pall Mall No. 90 Cheapside" Hero fainting at the altar, supported by Beatrice, in front of the friar who was about to marry her to Claudio, while Claudio stands on the right, gesturing angrily as he accuses her of infidelity, and others look on. 1791 British engraving etching British Masters Portfolio Prints & Drawings
(credits: The British Museum)

Title: print / book-illustration (Click to view)
Description: Inscription Content: Lettered below image with artists' names: "W. Peters, R.A.", "Augt. Fox sc." Vignette of Hero and Ursula walking arm in arm in a garden beside a wall with a classical urn on top of it, talking about how Benedict loves Beatrice, for the benefit of Beatrice who peeps out from behind trees on the right, eaves-dropping on their conversation; after Peters; scene from Shakespeare's 'Much Ado About Nothing' (Act III, Scene 1); illustration to William Pickering's 'The Comedies, Histories and Tragedies of Shakespeare' (1831, p.87). 1831 British engraving British XIXc Unmounted Roy Prints & Drawings
(credits: The British Museum)

Title: Much Ado About Nothing, Act IV, Scene I / Shakespeare Gallery (Click to view)
Description: Inscription Content: Lettered below image with "Shakspeare" and production detail: "Painted by Hamilton", "Aqua fortis by Milton" and publication line: "Publish'd by John & Josiah Boydell, Cheapside & at the Shakespeare Gallery Pall Mall" Hero fainting at the altar, supported by Beatrice, in front of the friar who was about to marry her to Claudio, while Claudio stands on the right, gesturing angrily as he accuses her of infidelity, and others look on; proof before all letters. 1791 British engraving etching British Masters Portfolio Prints & Drawings
(credits: The British Museum)