Scenes from the Winter's Tale

William Shakespeare|Henry Warren|Albert Henry Warren|Day & Son, Ltd., London|Owen Jones

1866 · Illustrations: color lithographs · Drawings and Prints

Imitating Greek vase painting, the elaborate colored lithographs in this volume illustrate Shakespeare's "Winter's Tale." The images were a joint effort with figures by Warren and the ornamental borders by Jones, the style suggested by the play which contains characters with Greek names, and includes a visit to Delphic oracle to determine the innocence of Polixenes's queen, Hermione. Twenty-three two-page spreads pair neoclassical images within decorative frames with quotations from the text. The page shown here responds to the moment when the Old Shepherd finds baby Perdita in act 3, scene 3, during a thunderstorm.

Artist

William Shakespeare|Henry Warren|Albert Henry Warren|Day & Son, Ltd., London|Owen Jones

Date

1866

Medium

Illustrations: color lithographs

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Gift of Lincoln Kirstein, 1978