Scene from Antony and Cleopatra, at the Princess's Theatre, from "Illustrated London News"

Isabella Glyn|William Shakespeare|Alfred Hunt

June 8, 1867 · Wood engraving · Drawings and Prints

Theatrical reviews formed a mainstay of much British nineteenth-century journalism. The rise of wood engraved illustrations in the 1840s to accompany these allowed for both visual and textual descriptions to be made for interested readers. This print accompanied one such review published in a popular weekly newspaper. Much praise was heaped upon the "splendour of the appointments and accessories" of the production staged at the Princess's Theatre on Oxford Street, London. Isabella Glyn, a well-known Shakespearean actor, played the leading female role of the Queen of Egypt and she appeared as Cleopatra more than once in her career.

Artist

Isabella Glyn|William Shakespeare|Alfred Hunt

Date

June 8, 1867

Medium

Wood engraving

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Gift of Donato Esposito, 2014