One of the most unusual paintings in the Folger collection was originally exhibited at the Boydell Shakespeare Gallery. Explore how British artist George Romney portrayed the “natural genius” of Shakespeare at a time of rising bardolatry.
The disappearance of Elizabeth Boyd in the history of Shakespeare’s Westminster Abbey monument
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Kristina Straub
Elizabeth Boyd, a forgotten 18th-century playwright, probably played an important role in the idea for the monument of Shakespeare in Westminster Abbey.
David Garrick and George Anne Bellamy in Romeo and Juliet. Based on a painting by Benjamn Wilson engraved by Ravenet. Enamel, ca. 1765. Folger Shakespeare Library. The leading actor-manager of the 1700s, David Garrick revolutionized English theatre with a lively,…
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