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James Northcote

The smallest Shakespeares in the Folger collection
Miniature copy of The Children's Shakespeare
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The smallest Shakespeares in the Folger collection

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Henry Altemus’ magnificently miniature copy of “The Children’s Shakespeare” by Edith Nesbit is the Folger’s smallest Shakespeare edition. The title page’s portrait of Shakespeare is only six millimeters long. Like the book’s text, it is not discernible to the naked…

The Boydell Shakespeare Gallery gets a second life
Robert Smirke. Falstaff rebuked. Oil on canvas, ca. 1795
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The Boydell Shakespeare Gallery gets a second life

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Esther French

A late eighteenth-century Shakespeare art museum is experiencing a second life as a detailed online re-creation, the brainchild of University of Texas English professor Janine Barchas.  John Boydell, a British publisher, commissioned depictions of Shakespeare scenes from well-known artists of the day: Joshua…