Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
All the world's a stage. The first appearance of William Shakespeare, on the stage of "The Globe.".
Call Number
A Middle 30/Drawer 06/GC022/Half Folio/18th-19th c./Prints GA 2024.00340
Identifier
ark:/88435/dc8336hg64c
Publisher
London : [s.n.], 1863.
Language
No linguistic content
Date Created
1863
Format
Visual material
Extent
1 item ; sheet 51.3 x 38.5 cm.
Source Acquisition
Gift of Richard W. Meirs, Princeton University Class of 1888.
References
Cohn 879
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Medium: Engravings
Depiction: The theatre stage and Shakespeare as an infant surrounded by the characters he created.
Signed and dated: "Designed by George Cruikshank, Jany. 1863, and this drawing made by him, 1864&5".
Item description: Glyphograph.
Signed in plate, lower center: "Printed in permanent pigments by the Autotype Fine Art Company (Limited) & Published by the at 36 Rathbone Place, London".

Discovery Information

Subject
Globe Theatre (London, England : 1599-1644—Caricatures and cartoons
Shakespeare, William 1564-1616—Caricatures and cartoons
Authors, English—16th century—Caricatures and cartoons
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616—Characters—Caricatures and cartoons
Caricature

Physical Characteristics

File Count
1

Institutional Information

Collection
Omega Project
Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/3439b715-4b4d-41cf-97f9-ee343d9407d4/manifest