Collection

Here are some highlights from our collections. Use the options above to explore all 187,847 objects.

Forum Romanum

Artist, possibly by: Salomon Corrodi (Italian, 1810–1892)

Good News

Artist: Hermann Bethke (German, 1825-1895)

Venetian Water Carriers

Artist: Leopold Güterbock (German, ca. 1820–1881)

Street Scene (children under umbrella)

Artist: Arnold Corrodi (Italian, Rome, 1846–1874)

3 Children Playing With Cats

Artist: Arnold Corrodi (Italian, Rome, 1846–1874)

George Washington and Miss Custis

Artist: Edward Harrison May (American, 1824–1887)

Landscape

Artist: Giuseppe Gherardi (Italian, Florence, 1788/90–1884)

Beatrice: "Kill Claudio," illustration for Act IV, Scene i, Much Ado About Nothing

Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey (American, 1852–1911, M.A. (Hon.) 1897)

Benedick: "What, my dear Lady Disdain! are you yet living?", illustration for Act I, Scene i, Much Ado About Nothing

Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey (American, 1852–1911, M.A. (Hon.) 1897)

Don Pedro: "Will you have me, lady?", illustration for Act II, Scene i, Much Ado About Nothing

Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey (American, 1852–1911, M.A. (Hon.) 1897)

Don John: "Only to despite them, I will endeavor anything," illustration for Act II, Scene ii, Much Ado About Nothing

Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey (American, 1852–1911, M.A. (Hon.) 1897)

Balthazar sings: "Sigh no more, ladies, sigh no more; Men were deceivers ever," illustration for Act II, Scene iii, Much Ado About Nothing

Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey (American, 1852–1911, M.A. (Hon.) 1897)

Beatrice: "Against my will, I am sent to bid you come in to dinner," illustration for Act II, Scene iii, Much Ado About Nothing

Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey (American, 1852–1911, M.A. (Hon.) 1897)

Ursula: "She's lim'd, I warrant you!; we have caught her, madam." Hero: "If it prove so, then loving goes by haps: Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps.", illustration for Act III, Scene i, Much Ado About Nothing

Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey (American, 1852–1911, M.A. (Hon.) 1897)

Dogberry: "Dost thou not suspect my place? Dost thou not suspect my years? -O that he were here to write me down an ass!", illustration for Act IV, Scene ii, Much Ado About Nothing

Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey (American, 1852–1911, M.A. (Hon.) 1897)

Claudio (reads from a scroll): "Done to death by slanderous tongues. Was the Hero that here lies," illustration for Act V, Scene iii, Much Ado About Nothing

Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey (American, 1852–1911, M.A. (Hon.) 1897)

Oliver: "Wilt thou lay hands on me, villain?", illustration for Act I, Scene i, As You Like It

Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey (American, 1852–1911, M.A. (Hon.) 1897)

Rosalind: "He calls us back!: My pride fell with my fortunes," illustration for Act I, Scene ii, As You Like It

Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey (American, 1852–1911, M.A. (Hon.) 1897)

Duke Frederick: "Mistress, despatch you with your safest haste," illustration for Act I, Scene iii, As You Like It

Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey (American, 1852–1911, M.A. (Hon.) 1897)

Orlando and Adam, illustration for Act II, Scene iv, As You Like It

Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey (American, 1852–1911, M.A. (Hon.) 1897)

"In the forest of Arden," illustration for Act II, Scene iv, As You Like It

Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey (American, 1852–1911, M.A. (Hon.) 1897)

Jacques, illustration for Act II, Scene v, As You Like It

Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey (American, 1852–1911, M.A. (Hon.) 1897)

Jaques: "'It is ten o'clock: Thus we may see,' quoth he, 'how the world wags.'", illustration for Act II, Scene vii, As You Like It

Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey (American, 1852–1911, M.A. (Hon.) 1897)

Rosalind: "Give me your hand, Orlando," illustration for Act IV, Scene i, As You Like It

Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey (American, 1852–1911, M.A. (Hon.) 1897)

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