Scenes from the Winter's Tale
Medium
Illustrations: color lithographs
Dimensions
11 7/16 x 8 3/4 x 11/16in. (29 x 22.2 x 1.8cm)
Classification
Books
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Lincoln Kirstein, 1978
Accession Number
1978.645.2
Tags
Art Historical Context
This 1866 volume, *Scenes from the Winter’s Tale*, presents William Shakespeare’s late romance through a series of vibrant color lithographs. Created by designers Henry Warren and Albert Henry Warren in collaboration with the influential Owen Jones and printed by Day & Son, Ltd., of London, the book transforms the play’s themes of jealousy, loss, and reconciliation into a sequence of richly colored images. The lithographs capture key moments featuring characters alongside loyal dogs, emphasizing both the drama’s emotional intensity and its pastoral warmth. Published during the height of the V...
About the Artist
William Shakespeare|Henry Warren|Albert Henry Warren|Day & Son, Ltd., London|Owen Jones (British|British|British|British) · 1840 |1831 |1564 |1564 –1877 |1912 |1616 |1616
British, active 1840–77|British, London 1831–1912 London|British, Stratford-upon-Avon 1564–1616 Stratford-upon-Avon|British, Stratford-upon-Avon 1564–1616 Stratford-upon-Avon