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: Inscription Content: Lettered below image with letterpress for title. Scene from 'Much Ado About Nothing' (Act II, Scene III); Benedick sitting in an arbour on the right, listening to the conversation among Don Pedro, Claudio and Leonato on the left; illustration to an edition of 'Tales from Shakespeare' by Charles Lamb?; after Harvey; later state after image height extended, with title. 1831 British wood-engraving letterpress British XIXc Unmounted Roy Prints & Drawings
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Title: Much Ado About Nothing (Click to view)
Description: Inscription Content: Lettered below image with trace of production detail: "[Jackson Sc]". Scene from 'Much Ado about Nothing' (Act II, Scene III); Benedick sitting in an arbour on the right, listening to the conversation among Don Pedro, Claudio and Leonato on the left; illustration to 'Tales from Shakespeare' by Charles Lamb (London: 1831, Baldwin and Cradock, page 49); after Harvey; proof with artist's name. 1831 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 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: 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
(credits: The British Museum)

Title: print / book-illustration (Click to view)
Description: Scene from Much Ado About Nothing (Act II, Scene I), "Count, take of me my daughter […]"; Leonato presenting Beatrice to Claudio, surrounded by further figures; illustration to Singer's edition of the 'Dramatic Works of Shakspeare' (London: 1826, Charles Whittingham, vol. II); proof. 1826 British wood-engraving British XIXc Unmounted Roy Prints & Drawings
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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: 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 (Click to view)
Description: Inscription Content: Lettered below image with title and one line of English verse: "Why, how now, cousin? Wherefore sink you down", reference, production detail: "Thurston del.", "Rhodes sculp.", publication line: "London, Published by Thomas Tegg, No.111 Cheapside, Aug. 18. 1812.", "Proof". In a church, Hero fainted on the left, supported by Beatrice and Benedick, the latter looks towards Leonato and Friar Francis who stand in front of a window on the right; after Thurston; illustration to 'The dramatic works of William Shakespeare' (London: Thomas Tegg, 1812-5); proof before publication. 1812 British engraving etching British XVIIIc Unmounted Roy Prints & Drawings
(credits: The British Museum)

Title: print / book-illustration (Click to view)
Description: Inscription Content: Inscribed in lower margin in pencil with names of artists. Scene from Much Ado About Nothing (Act II, Scene I), "Count, take of me my daughter […]"; Leonato presenting Beatrice to Claudio, surrounded by further figures; illustration to Singer's edition of the 'Dramatic Works of Shakspeare' (London: 1826, Charles Whittingham, vol. II); proof. 1826 British wood-engraving British XIXc Unmounted Roy Prints & Drawings
(credits: The British Museum)