The illustrated Shakespeare, 1709-1875
By: Stuart Sillars.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Subjects: Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616 -- Illustrations; Art and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century; Art and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century; Art in literature; Visual perception in literature; English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 -- Illustrations; English drama -- 17th century -- Illustrations
Notes: This work is built on the author's earlier work, Painting Shakespeare.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Play, page and image; title: Spatial narratives and Rowe's Shakespeare; title: Rococo and reflection: Gravelot, Hayman and Walker; title: Bell, performance and reading; title: 'Ornaments, derived from fancy:' illustrating the plays, 1780; title: 1840; title: The growth of feeling: Boydell, Taylor and the picturesque; title: The extra-illustrated edition; title: Early Victorian populism: Charles Knight and Kenny Meadows; title: Selous, Gilbert and reader involvement; title: Decline and revival.