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Boydell Shakespeare Gallery
Women painting Shakespeare in the time of Jane Austen and Queen Victoria
Shakespeare and Beyond
Women painting Shakespeare in the time of Jane Austen and Queen Victoria
During the late 18th and early 19th century, professional women artists in England were becoming more prominent and turning to Shakespeare for material.
The Boydell Shakespeare Gallery gets a second life
Shakespeare and Beyond
The Boydell Shakespeare Gallery gets a second life
A late eighteenth-century Shakespeare art museum is experiencing a second life as a detailed online re-creation, the brainchild of University of Texas English professor Janine Barchas. John Boydell, a British publisher, commissioned depictions of Shakespeare scenes from well-known artists of the day: Joshua…