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Featured on PDR in the collection Highlights from Folger Shakespeare Library’s Release of almost 80,000 Images

Folger Shakespeare Library announced yesterday (12th August 2014), that they have released the contents of their Digital Image Collection under a Creative Commons Share-Alike (CC-BY-SA) license - basically meaning that the images are free to re-use for any purpose as long as you credit the Folger Shakespeare Library as the source and share under a similar license. This is a huge injection of some wonderful material into the open digital commons. Of course, there is plenty of brilliant Bard related content, but also many other gems from the history of theatre. Below you can find our highlights.

Other works by the artist in the archive…

    Hamlet and the GhostThe First Appearance of William Shakespeare on the Stage of the Globe Theatreearly anti-vaccination illustrationFamily drinking gin while bailiffs take their furnitureWell-dressed clientele in a gin palaceA chaotic scene in a gin shopThe Gin ShopGrimaldi Pursued by His Adoring FansGrimaldi Delivering His ‘Last Song’Joseph GrimaldiA Young Joseph Grimaldi, Dressed as a Monkey, Getting Propelled into the AudienceSatirical cartoon showing doctors as exaggerated figures discussing medical remedies for a patient slumped in a chair, with speech bubbles containing their conflicting advice.

Alas, poor Ghost!

Artist

Date

1857


Underlying Rights

Public Domain Worldwide

Digital Rights

Attribution-ShareAlike


Image Size

503 x 800Higher res available?