Claudio, from "Illustrated London News"
William Luson Thomas|William Shakespeare|Marcus Clayton Stone
May 25, 1861 · Wood engraving · Drawings and Prints
The leading London wood engraver William Luson Thomas here represents a dramatic episode in Shakespeare’s "Much Ado About Nothing" (Act 4, Scene 1), where Hero faints at the altar after being falsely accused of infidelity by her betrothed, Claudio. Based on a painting that Marcus Stone exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1861, the engraving appeared in the "Illustrated London News," the world’s first weekly news magazine, founded in 1842, whose pages often reported on art exhibitions.
- Artist
- William Luson Thomas|William Shakespeare|Marcus Clayton Stone
- Date
- May 25, 1861
- Medium
- Wood engraving
- Department
- Drawings and Prints
- Credit line
- Gift of Donato Esposito, 2016