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The Works of Shakespear. In Six Volumes. Carefully and Revised and Corrected by the former Editions
Author: William Shakespeare (English, 1564–1616)
Engraved by: Hubert François Gravelot (French, 1699–1773)
After: Francis Hayman (English, 1708?–1776)
Engraved by: Hubert François Gravelot (French, 1699–1773)
After: Francis Hayman (English, 1708?–1776)
1744–46
Place of Publication: Oxford, England
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book [plates only] with 43 engravings
Dimensions
Overall: 32.3 x 25.5 x 1.7 cm (12 11/16 x 10 1/16 x 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
William A. Sargent Collection—Bequest of William A. Sargent
Accession Number37.2394
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Oxford: At the Theatre, 1744[-1746]
Catalogue Raisonné
Cohen-de Ricci 953; Bibliothèque Nationale, Inventaire 18th cen., X, p. 496-502, nos. 455-497.
Description(Oxford: At the Theatre, 1744[-1746]) Quarto; 43 leaves; modern half gilt-stamped red morocco, red marbled paper boards.
Author portrait; frontispieces; illustrations to Shakespeare's plays; decorative tailpiece vignettes.
The plates only from the Oxford edition of Shakespeare's plays, with illustrations by Gravelot. The illustrations to the plays themselves are engraved by Gravelot after Hayman; the others are drawn and engraved by Gravelot. Loosely laid in is a frontispiece by Gérard Scotin after Gravelot to a set of Bible illustrations (possibly from a London 1733-39 edition of Picart's Ceremonies and Religious Customs of the various Nations of the Known World (see BN, Inv. 18th, 94-175, though this print not listed).
Author portrait; frontispieces; illustrations to Shakespeare's plays; decorative tailpiece vignettes.
The plates only from the Oxford edition of Shakespeare's plays, with illustrations by Gravelot. The illustrations to the plays themselves are engraved by Gravelot after Hayman; the others are drawn and engraved by Gravelot. Loosely laid in is a frontispiece by Gérard Scotin after Gravelot to a set of Bible illustrations (possibly from a London 1733-39 edition of Picart's Ceremonies and Religious Customs of the various Nations of the Known World (see BN, Inv. 18th, 94-175, though this print not listed).
ProvenanceAcquired in 1915 by William A. Sargent, Boston (1858-1936), by whom bequeathed to MFA, November 17, 1937.