Shakespearean Comedies illustrations
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Shakespearean Comedies illustrations are a celebrated series of detailed, historically evocative drawings by American artist Edwin Austin Abbey depicting scenes from William Shakespeare’s comic plays.
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| Shakespearean Comedies illustrations canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
artwork series
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illustration series ⓘ |
| artForm | black-and-white illustration ⓘ |
| artHistoricalSignificance | important example of Shakespeare illustration in the 19th century ⓘ |
| artStyle |
detailed pen-and-ink drawing
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historically evocative illustration ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Edwin Austin Abbey’s Shakespeare cycle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | works by William Shakespeare ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| creator |
E. A. Abbey
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Edwin Austin Abbey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creatorNationality | American ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Anglophone Shakespeare reception ⓘ |
| depicts |
William Shakespeare’s comedies
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scenes from Shakespeare’s plays ⓘ stage-like compositions inspired by theatre ⓘ |
| depictsPeriod |
Elizabethan era
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Renaissance England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
book illustration
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literary illustration ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
later Shakespeare illustrators
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visual conventions for staging Shakespeare’s comedies ⓘ |
| hasPart |
illustrations of A Midsummer Night’s Dream
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illustrations of As You Like It ⓘ illustrations of Much Ado About Nothing ⓘ illustrations of The Merry Wives of Windsor ⓘ illustrations of Twelfth Night ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Victorian illustration traditions ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
readers of illustrated Shakespeare editions
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theatre and literature enthusiasts ⓘ |
| languageOfAccompanyingText | English ⓘ |
| medium | ink on paper ⓘ |
| movement | late 19th-century American illustration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
dramatic composition
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faithful interpretation of Shakespeare’s text ⓘ historical accuracy in costume and setting ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Edwin Austin Abbey’s Shakespearean Tragedies illustrations NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subject |
Elizabethan theatre
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Shakespearean characters ⓘ comic misunderstandings and disguises in Shakespeare ⓘ comic scenes from Shakespeare ⓘ courtly and rustic characters ⓘ festive and pastoral settings ⓘ romantic plots in Shakespeare’s comedies ⓘ |
| usedIn |
illustrated editions of Shakespeare’s comedies
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magazine and book publication ⓘ |
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