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The Tempest
by William Shakespeare
with Illustrations in Colour by Paul Woodroffe
and Songs by Joseph Moorat

LONDON: CHAPMAN & HALL, LTD
HENRIETTA ST., COVENT GARDEN, W.C.

MCMVIII
(1908)

These are original antique prints over 115 years old, not reproductions.
The color illustration page size is approximately 5 1/4 x 8 1/4 inches (13.5 x 21 cm).
The plates are "tipped" (adhered by top 2 corners only) to a dark green backing paper.

The color illustrations are as bright and vivid as the day they were printed.

She did confine thee, by help of her most potent ministers and in her most unmitigable rage, into a cloven pine

Please click on above image for enlarged view of entire plate. Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on actual antique print.

She did confine thee, by help of her most potent ministers and in her most unmitigable rage, into a cloven pine
Act I, Sc. II

Approximate image size = 5.25 x 8.25 inches (13.5 x 21 cm)
"tipped" (adhered at top 2 corners only) onto a dark green backing sheet measuring about 7.5 x 10.25 inches (19 x 26 cm)

$40
 

On the topmast, the yards and bowsprit, would I flame distinctly

Please click on above image for enlarged view of entire plate. Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on actual antique print.

On the topmast, the yards and bowsprit, would I flame distinctly
Act I, Sc. II

Approximate image size = 5.25 x 8.25 inches (13.5 x 21 cm)
"tipped" (adhered at top 2 corners only) onto a dark green backing sheet measuring about 7.5 x 10.25 inches (19 x 26 cm)

$30
 

Come unto these yellow sands

Please click on above image for enlarged view of entire plate. Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on actual antique print.

Come unto these yellow sands
Act I, Sc. II
faint crease lower left corner of image, song pages accompany print

Approximate image size = 5.25 x 8.25 inches (13.5 x 21 cm)
"tipped" (adhered at top 2 corners only) onto a dark green backing sheet measuring about 7.5 x 10.25 inches (19 x 26 cm)

$30
 

Full fathom five thy father lies; of his bones are coral made

Please click on above image for enlarged view of entire plate. Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on actual antique print.

Full fathom five thy father lies; of his bones are coral made
Act I, Sc. II
song pages accompany print

Approximate image size = 5.25 x 8.25 inches (13.5 x 21 cm)
"tipped" (adhered at top 2 corners only) onto a dark green backing sheet measuring about 7.5 x 10.25 inches (19 x 26 cm)

$40
 

While you here do snoring lie

Please click on above image for enlarged view of entire plate. Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on actual antique print.

While you here do snoring lie
Act II, Sc. I
 

Approximate image size = 5.25 x 8.25 inches (13.5 x 21 cm)
"tipped" (adhered at top 2 corners only) onto a dark green backing sheet measuring about 7.5 x 10.25 inches (19 x 26 cm)

$30
 

And yet I needs must curse

Please click on above image for enlarged view of entire plate. Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on actual antique print.

And yet I needs must curse
Act II, Sc. I
 

Approximate image size = 5.25 x 8.25 inches (13.5 x 21 cm)
"tipped" (adhered at top 2 corners only) onto a dark green backing sheet measuring about 7.5 x 10.25 inches (19 x 26 cm)

$30
 

Four legs and two voices: a most delicate monster!

Please click on above image for enlarged view of entire plate. Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on actual antique print.

Four legs and two voices: a most delicate monster!
Act II, Sc. II
 

Approximate image size = 5.25 x 8.25 inches (13.5 x 21 cm)
"tipped" (adhered at top 2 corners only) onto a dark green backing sheet measuring about 7.5 x 10.25 inches (19 x 26 cm)

$30
 

Four legs and two voices: a most delicate monster!

Please click on above image for enlarged view of entire plate. Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on actual antique print.

Fair encounter of two most rare affections
Act III, Sc. II
 

Approximate image size = 5.25 x 8.25 inches (13.5 x 21 cm)
"tipped" (adhered at top 2 corners only) onto a dark green backing sheet measuring about 7.5 x 10.25 inches (19 x 26 cm)

$30
 

Give us kind keepers, heavens! What were these?   Give us kind keepers, heavens! What were these?

Please click on above image for enlarged view of entire plate. Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on actual antique print.

Give us kind keepers, heavens! What were these?
Act III, Sc. III
[2 prints]

Approximate image size = 5.25 x 8.25 inches (13.5 x 21 cm)
"tipped" (adhered at top 2 corners only) onto a dark green backing sheet measuring about 7.5 x 10.25 inches (19 x 26 cm)

$75
 

Ariel as a Harpy

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Ariel as a Harpy
Act III, Sc. III
 

Approximate image size = 5.25 x 8.25 inches (13.5 x 21 cm)
"tipped" (adhered at top 2 corners only) onto a dark green backing sheet measuring about 7.5 x 10.25 inches (19 x 26 cm)

$30
 

The Queen O' the Sky, whose watery arch and messenger am I, bids thee leave these

Please click on above image for enlarged view of entire plate. Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on actual antique print.

The Queen O' the Sky, whose watery arch and messenger am I, bids thee leave these
Act III, Sc. III
 

Approximate image size = 5.25 x 8.25 inches (13.5 x 21 cm)
"tipped" (adhered at top 2 corners only) onto a dark green backing sheet measuring about 7.5 x 10.25 inches (19 x 26 cm)

$45
 

Juno, Ceres and the Masque of the Nymphs and Reapers   Juno, Ceres and the Masque of the Nymphs and Reapers

Please click on above image for enlarged view of entire plate. Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on actual antique print.

Juno, Ceres and the Masque of the Nymphs and Reapers
Act IV, Sc. I
[2 prints]

Approximate image size = 5.25 x 8.25 inches (13.5 x 21 cm)
"tipped" (adhered at top 2 corners only) onto a dark green backing sheet measuring about 7.5 x 10.25 inches (19 x 26 cm)

$65
 

Come, hang them on the line

Please click on above image for enlarged view of entire plate. Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on actual antique print.

Come, hang them on the line
Act IV, Sc. I
 

Approximate image size = 5.25 x 8.25 inches (13.5 x 21 cm)
"tipped" (adhered at top 2 corners only) onto a dark green backing sheet measuring about 7.5 x 10.25 inches (19 x 26 cm)

$45
 

Fury! Fury! There, Tyrant, there! Hark, hark!   JFury! Fury! There, Tyrant, there! Hark, hark!

Please click on above image for enlarged view of entire plate. Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on actual antique print.

Fury! Fury! There, Tyrant, there! Hark, hark!
Act IV, Sc. I
[2 prints]

Approximate image size = 5.25 x 8.25 inches (13.5 x 21 cm)
"tipped" (adhered at top 2 corners only) onto a dark green backing sheet measuring about 7.5 x 10.25 inches (19 x 26 cm)

$65
 

On the bat's back I do fly

Please click on above image for enlarged view of entire plate. Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on actual antique print.

On the bat's back I do fly
Act V, Sc. I
 

Approximate image size = 5.25 x 8.25 inches (13.5 x 21 cm)
"tipped" (adhered at top 2 corners only) onto a dark green backing sheet measuring about 7.5 x 10.25 inches (19 x 26 cm)

$45
 

Sweet Lord, you play me false

Please click on above image for enlarged view of entire plate. Darvill's digital watermark does not appear on actual antique print.

Sweet Lord, you play me false
Act IV, Sc. I
 

Approximate image size = 5.25 x 8.25 inches (13.5 x 21 cm)
"tipped" (adhered at top 2 corners only) onto a dark green backing sheet measuring about 7.5 x 10.25 inches (19 x 26 cm)

$40
 

 

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