Boydell Shakespeare Gallery

During the late 18th and early 19th century, professional women artists in England were becoming more prominent and turning to Shakespeare for material.

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…