Cook, Richard. [Illustrations to Shakespeare's Plays]

Folger bibliographic ID: 256952
Folger call number: ART Vol. a34 (vol.10,12,15,18,19)
Folger holdings ID: 339944

General notes

Artist: Cook was an historical painter and book illustrator, made R.A. in 1822, after which time he apparently stopped painting. He was known for his ink and grey wash technique which the drawings noted here are good examples Drawings are small and rectangular. Some have opaque highlights and one is a watercolor. Unsigned History: Drawings were executed as designs for engravings to illustrate an edition of the plays of Shakespeare, printed from the text of Johnson, Steevens and Reed and printed in London for Longman, etc. in 1807. Copies of the resulting engravings have been inlaid to the same extra-illustrated volumes that contain the original sketches. Although the edition was published in 1807, several of the engravings are dated 1806. Cook is noted as the artist of 6 of the engravings in the Longman edition, 4 of which are represented in this set of drawings. The 5th original noted here was engraved by C. Heath and published by Longman in 1821. (Design for Othello) FSL copy of the 1807 edition is PR 2752 1807a Sh.Col. FSL also has individual copies of the engravings in the Art File, cataloged under Cook and filed under Shakespeare, play, act and scene Provenance: Items are housed in vol. 10,12,15,18,19 in a 21 volume extra illustrated copy of the 1857 edition of Shakespeare's Works, edited by Dyce and formerly owned by Robert Hoe. For complete provenance information see record for Harding, Silvester. Dr. Farmer Published Work: Shakespeare, William. The plays of Shakespeare printed from the text of Samuel Johnson, George Steevens & Isaac Reed. London : printed for Longman, etc., 1807 Subject: The 5 drawings illustrate the following scenes: King Henry V, Act V, Sc. 2 ; Richard III, Act 1V, Sc. 4 ; Titus Andronicus, Act II, Sc. 3 ; King Lear, Act 1V, Sc. 7 ; Othello, Act 1, Sc. 3 This record contains unverified data from old cards and may contain incorrect or incomplete text. Please consult Curator for assistance

Extended title: [Illustrations to Shakespeare's Plays] [Richard Cook]

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Henry V Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. King Lear Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Othello Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Titus Andronicus Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. King Richard III

artist: Cook, Richard, 1784-1857
former owner: Hoe, Robert, 1839-1909