JOHN BOYDELL (1719-1804), JOSIAH BOYDELL (1752-1817), Shakespeares Gallery. London 1803.

A collection of prints, from pictures painted for the purpose of illustrating the dramatic works of Shakspeare, / by the artists of Great-Britain.
London. Published by John and Josiah Boydell, Shakspeare Gallery ... Printed by W. Bulmer and Co. ..., 1803.
2 v. : ill., ports. ; 85 cm. (fol.)
Vol. I contains frontispiece (full length portrait of George III, by Sir W. Beechey) and XLVI plates, XL to XLVI being Smirke's Seven ages; vol. II consists of frontispiece (portrait of Queen Charlotte, also by Beechey) and L plates, the last three "not engraved from the large pictures, but may be added to vol. II". These three are: Romney's "Shakspeare nursed by Tragedy and Comedy", Westall's "Imogen in boy's clothes", and Josiah Boydell's "Desdemona asleep"; counting the title vignettes. Cf. List of plates,v. 2.

Dedication and preface by Josiah Boydell dated March 25, 1805; the plates are dated 1790-1804.
Title vignettes (of Mrs. Damer's basso relievos)
Of the artists, Smirke, Fuseli, and Northcote contributed the largest number of plates; the others, including Reynolds, Opie, and Stothard, are represented by from one to five plates each; engraved by R. Thew, T. Ryder, P. Simon and others.
Sometimes confused with "Boydell's graphic illustrations ... of Shakspeare", 1804? a separate issue of the (smaller) plates prepared for their edition of Shakespeare, 1802, which also consists of 100 plates, most of them quite different from these large plates.

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