Townsend, F. H. William Shakespeare dictates two plays and a sonnet simultaneously

Folger bibliographic ID: 353070
Folger call number: Sh.Misc. 2304, page 425
Folger holdings ID: 501562
Accession Number: 269819

Cartoon of William Shakespeare declaiming in the midst of a small typing bureau occupied by three women typists in sixteenth-century garb. Two women sit in front typewriters at a table, one facing the viewer and one with her back turned, on the right of the image. One woman sits at a desk on the left of the image, typing with two fingers and looking over her shoulder at Shakespeare, who leans on the back of her chair with one arm as he gestures with the other. Caption title: "William Shakespeare dictates two Plays and a Sonnet simultaneously." Caption subtitle: "(Tableau arranged by the Express Typewriting Bureau.)" Artist's name in lower left corner: F. H. Townsend, 1911

General notes

Cartoon published on page 425 of the June 7, 1911 issue of Punch, a special "Coronation number" in honor of George V, who was crowned King of England on June 22, 1911. One of several illustrations in the "If they had lived in the days of Good King George" series, number 17 on the list of "Mr. Punch's Gala Variety Entertainment."

Item information about Folger Sh.Misc. 2304, page 425

Bound in a volume with other issues from Punch, volume CXL. Dark red cloth boards, stamped in blind, black, and gold

Alternate titles: Mr. Punch's Gala Variety Entertainment. number 17, Punch's coronation number, If they had lived in the days of Good King George

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Typewriting services George V, King of Great Britain, 1865-1936

artist: Townsend, F. H. (Frederick Henry), 1868-1920
depiction: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
subject: George V, King of Great Britain, 1865-1936