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: 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: 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
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Title: Shakespeare Gallery (small series) / Much Ado About Nothing, Act III, Scene I (Click to view)
Description: Inscription Content: Lettered below the image with "Shakspeare", title, lines from scene, production detail: "Painted by the Revd. Wm. Peters", "Engrav'd by Jas. Heath" and publication line: "Publish'd March 1st. 1791 by John & Josiah Boydell, at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall" 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. 1791 British engraving etching British Masters Portfolio Prints & Drawings
(credits: The British Museum)

Title: Shakespeare Gallery / Much Ado About Nothing, Act III, Scene I (Click to view)
Description: Inscription Content: Lettered below the image with "Shakspeare", title and seven lines from the scene, production detail: "Painted by the Revd. Wm. Peters", "Engraved by Peter Simon" and publication line: "Published June 4th 1790, by John & Josiah Boydell, at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall, & at No. 90 Cheapside" 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; published state. 1790 British stipple British Printmakers XVIIIc Plan Press Prints & Drawings
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Title: Much Ado About Nothing, Act III, Scene I / Shakespeare Gallery (Click to view)
Description: Inscription Content: Lettered below the image "Painted by the Revd. Wm. Peters, of Exeter College, Oxford, & L.L.B. Publish'd. Jany. 1st. 1785, by John & Josiah Boydell, No. 90, Cheapside London. Peter Simon, Aqua fortis.". 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; unfinished proof before title. 1789 British stipple British Printmakers XVIIIc Plan Press Prints & Drawings
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Title: Beatrice Eavesdropping on Hero and Ursula (Click to view)
Description: Inscription Content: Lettered below image with production detail: "Fuseli del.", "R.H.Cromek sc." and inscribed in pencil with the quotation which appears on the published version: "Urs: She's Lim'd, I warrant you" Beatrice behind the pillar of an arch at right, her fingers to her lips as she listens to the conversation between Hero and Ursula, walking towards the left; after a lost drawing by Fuseli, illustration to Steevens' edition of the 'Plays of Shakspeare' published by Chalmers (1805); proof before all letters. 1803 British engraving etching British Masters Portfolio Prints & Drawings
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Title: Beatrice Listening to Hero, & Ursula (Click to view)
Description: Inscription Content: Lettered below the image "Painted by H Fuseli R.A. / Pubd. as the Act directs Jany. 6th. 1791 by J. Jones No. 75, Great Portland Street / Engraved by John Jones, Principal Engraver to his Royal Highness the Duke of York". Double portrait, supposedly of Miss Murray as Hero, sitting in a bower to left, holding fan, in profile to left, listening to Ursula who talks eagerly, and looking over her shoulder to right towards Mrs Jordan as Beatrice, listening from behind a classical urn, right foot on pedestal, right hand to her head as she bends her ear, gesturing away to left; after Fuseli; proof before title. 1791 British mezzotint British XVIIIc Unmounted Imp Prints & Drawings
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Title: Beatrice Listening to Hero, & Ursula (Click to view)
Description: Inscription Content: Lettered below the image "Painted by H Fuseli R.A. / Pubd. as the Act directs Jany. 6th. 1791 by J. Jones No. 75, Great Portland Street / Engraved by John Jones, Principal Engraver to his Royal Highness the Duke of York". Double portrait, supposedly of Miss Murray as Hero, sitting in a bower to left, holding fan, in profile to left, listening to Ursula who talks eagerly, and looking over her shoulder to right towards Mrs Jordan as Beatrice, listening from behind a classical urn, right foot on pedestal, right hand to her head as she bends her ear, gesturing away to left; after Fuseli; proof before title. 1791 British mezzotint British XVIIIc Unmounted Imp Prints & Drawings
(credits: The British Museum)

Title: Beatrice Listening to Hero, & Ursula (Click to view)
Description: Inscription Content: Lettered below the image with the title, the literary reference "Painted by H Fuseli R.A. / Pubd. as the Act directs Jany. 6th. 1791 by J. Jones No. 75, Great Portland Street / Engraved by John Jones, Principal Engraver to his Royal Highness the Duke of York". Double portrait, supposedly of Miss Murray as Hero, sitting in a bower to left, holding fan, in profile to left, listening to Ursula who talks eagerly, and looking over her shoulder to right towards Mrs Jordan as Beatrice, listening from behind a classical urn, right foot on pedestal, right hand to her head as she bends her ear, gesturing away to left; after Fuseli; published state. 1791 British mezzotint British XVIIIc Unmounted Imp Prints & Drawings
(credits: The British Museum)