The Rehearsal or the Baron and the Elephant by various artists/makers https://www.rawpixel.com/image/9183158/image-covent-garden-vintage-christmas-elephantFree Image from public domain licenseA fearful woman (Britannia) is encouraged by three British politicians to resist the invading fleet of France. Coloured… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13966120/image-cartoon-face-personFree Image from public domain licenseWilliam Gladstone as Macbeth is fighting with a younger man as Macduff. Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 14 August 1886. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13958862/image-cartoon-person-artFree Image from public domain licenseThe gouty King George IV relaxing before nine portraits chronicling his past extravagant styles of dress; representing the… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13967464/image-cartoon-person-bookFree Image from public domain licenseClaybury Asylum, Woodford, Essex: the Recreation Hall. Photograph by the London & County Photographic Co., [1893]. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13969629/photo-image-person-church-public-domainFree Image from public domain licenseC.S. Parnell as Macbeth and Dr. Cronin as Banquo's ghost. Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 1889. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13962512/image-face-person-artFree Image from public domain licenseSir William Harcourt in the role of Sir John Falstaff wooes Ireland in the role of one of the merry wives of Windsor. Colour… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13951698/image-cartoon-face-personFree Image from public domain licensePhrenological chart with portraits of historical figures and illustrations of skulls exhibiting racial characteristics.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13953724/image-cartoon-face-personFree Image from public domain licenseWilliam Gladstone, dressed as Juliet, is sobbing at the departure of Joseph Chamberlain, dressed as Romeo, who is about to… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13969614/image-cartoon-face-personFree Image from public domain licenseOn a windswept heath, three witches prophesy to an aghast Daniel O' Connell. Coloured lithograph by h.b. (unknown artist)… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13960389/image-cartoon-person-artFree Image from public domain licenseAn episode in King Henry VI, part II: Margerie Jourdayne with others conjure up a diabolical spirit in the hope of revealing… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13963550/image-cartoon-face-personFree Image from public domain licenseGeorge Combe lecturing on phrenology, portrayed with protuberances on his head. Coloured lithograph 1826. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13968305/image-cartoon-person-bookFree Image from public domain licenseMacbeth, the three witches, Hecate, and the eight kings, in a cave. Stipple print by R. Thew after J. Reynolds, 1 December… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13993221/image-dog-cartoon-faceFree Image from public domain licenseMathematicians and astronomers: twenty portraits. Engraving by J.W. Cook, 1825. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13989355/mathematicians-and-astronomers-twenty-portraits-engraving-jw-cook-1825Free Image from public domain licenseHamlet pointing to the ghost of his father and asking his mother the Queen if she can see it too; she replies not. Engraving… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/14001280/image-cartoon-face-personFree Image from public domain licenseA skeletal figure surveying three doctors around a cauldron, a parody of Macbeth and the three witches; promoting James… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13984021/image-cartoon-person-bookFree Image from public domain licenseAn episode in Shakespeare's play "Romeo and Juliet": the nurse enters Juliet's bedroom to awaken her, but finds her… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13990431/image-dog-face-personFree Image from public domain licenseCharles Robert Darwin, as an ape, holds a mirror up to another ape. Colour lithograph by F. Betbeder. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13975250/image-cartoon-face-personFree Image from public domain licenseMacbeth and Banquo meet the three witches on a heath; scene from Shakespeare's 'Macbeth'. Engraving by J. Heath, 1804, after… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/14015513/image-cartoon-person-artFree Image from public domain licensePhrenological diagrams of the skull and brain, with three portraits: Laurence Sterne, a mathematician, and Shakespeare;… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13971862/image-dogs-paper-horsesFree Image from public domain licensePhrenological diagrams of the skull and brain, with three portraits: Laurence Sterne, a mathematician, and Shakespeare;… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/14014517/image-dogs-paper-horseFree Image from public domain licenseTwo witches tell Macbeth (representing the Earl of Bute) that he will be king and another, holding a noose, says he will be… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13992166/image-paper-cartoon-faceFree Image from public domain licenseAn apothecary in his laboratory concocting a mixture. Wood engraving by F.Mc F after, 1876, after H.S. Marks. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13980382/image-cartoon-face-personFree Image from public domain licenseMacbeth, Banquo and the three witches. Engraving by J. Caldwall after H. Fuseli, 23 April 1798. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/14005610/image-angel-cartoon-faceFree Image from public domain licenseDavid Garrick in the rôle of Richard III, awakening from his nightmare in the tent with military activities in the… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13972034/image-background-cartoon-faceFree Image from public domain licensePoets and dramatists: twenty portraits. Engraving by J.W. Cook, 1825. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/14000633/poets-and-dramatists-twenty-portraits-engraving-jw-cook-1825Free Image from public domain licenseA skeletal figure surveying three doctors around a cauldron, a parody of Macbeth and the three witches; promoting James… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13982322/image-cartoon-person-bookFree Image from public domain licenseAn apothecary in his laboratory concocting a mixture. Wood engraving by F.Mc F after, 1876, after H.S. Marks. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13991653/image-cartoon-face-personFree Image from public domain licenseJoan of Arc conjures demons in Shakespeare's 'Henry VI'; but the demons are uncompliant; one hangs his head on the left.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13978418/image-cartoon-face-personFree Image from public domain licenseViola in Shakespeare's Twelfth night. Stipple engraving by W.H. Mote, 1836, after Meadows after W. Shakespeare. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13974923/image-face-person-artFree Image from public domain licenseSkeletons acting out phrases in James Thomson's "The seasons": fourteen scenes. Etching by H. J. Pidding, 1822. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/14015806/image-paper-cartoon-personFree Image from public domain licenseAn episode in King Henry VI, part II: Margerie Jourdayne with others conjure up a diabolical spirit in the hope of revealing… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13999216/image-cartoon-face-personFree Image from public domain licenseItalian artists: Michelangelo in the centre, others around the perimeter. Lithograph by V. Mollame, 1842. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/14000787/image-cartoon-frame-personFree Image from public domain licenseJ.P. Kemble in the role of Hamlet, standing on a grassy bank wearing a long cape edged with fur and a large feathered hat on… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13974013/image-face-hand-personFree Image from public domain licenseThe three witches hover over Macbeth and Banquo . Etching. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/14015416/the-three-witches-hover-over-macbeth-and-banquo-etchingFree Image from public domain licenseBeatrice, in Shakespeare's Much ado about nothing. Stipple engraving by A. Zaffonato, 1795, after R. Westall. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/14014878/image-face-person-artFree Image from public domain licenseA cat and a dog facing each other on top of a ladder. Etching by J. Y. Carrington, 18--. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13979567/image-dog-cat-cartoonFree Image from public domain licenseMalvolio speaks to Olivia in a room, to the amusement of Maria. Stipple engraving by T. Ryder after J.H. Ramberg. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13999931/image-cartoon-person-artFree Image from public domain licenseAn apothecary sitting in his shop, sorting through materia medica, surrounded by paraphernalia of his profession. Engraving… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/14000515/image-paper-cartoon-plantFree Image from public domain licenseCade's rebellion, 1450: Dick the butcher and Smith the weaver seize Emmanuel ("the clerk of Chatham") and threaten to hang… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/14020791/image-dog-cartoon-personFree Image from public domain licenseJuliet, kneeling between the bodies of Romeo and Paris in the burial crypt of the Capulets, is about to stab herself in the… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13989661/image-background-cartoon-faceFree Image from public domain licenseAn episode in The merry wives of Windsor: Ford raises a stick to beat Falstaff disguised as Mrs Ford's maid's aunt. Etching… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/14015039/image-dog-cat-personFree Image from public domain licensePrince Arthur, the grandson of King Henry II of England, clings to his guardian Hubert de Burgh, who is reluctant to allow… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13989744/image-cartoon-person-crossFree Image from public domain licenseAn apothecary sitting in his shop, sorting through materia medica, surrounded by paraphernalia of his profession. Engraving… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13978592/image-paper-cartoon-personFree Image from public domain licenseA fearful woman (Britannia) is encouraged by three British politicians to resist the invading fleet of France. Coloured… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13984525/image-paper-cartoon-personFree Image from public domain licenseThe amateur actor Robert Coates dreaming about his success on the stage in the role of Romeo. Aquatint attributed to "The… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13991228/image-cartoon-face-personFree Image from public domain licenseShakespeare's house, Stratford upon Avon. Aquatint with etching after S. Ireland, 1795. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13976133/image-dog-person-churchFree Image from public domain licenseThe gouty King George IV relaxing before nine portraits chronicling his past extravagant styles of dress; representing the… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13980664/image-cartoon-person-bookFree Image from public domain licenseAbel Beechcroft, while reading in the library of his house in Lambeth, is disturbed when Hilda Scarve is led into the room… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/14016757/image-cartoon-person-artFree Image from public domain licenseRomeo giving money to an apothecary for a poison that will enable him to kill himself. Mezzotint, 17--. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13971202/image-cartoon-person-bookFree Image from public domain licenseGeorge Combe lecturing on phrenology, portrayed with protuberances on his head. Coloured lithograph 1826. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/14015868/image-cartoon-person-bookFree Image from public domain licenseAbove, puppets representing Falstaff with Mrs Page and Mrs Ford in 'The merry wives of Windsor'; below, a derelict rural… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13995708/image-paper-cartoon-faceFree Image from public domain licenseSkeletons acting out phrases in James Thomson's "The seasons": fourteen scenes. Etching by H. J. Pidding, 1822. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/13998214/image-paper-cartoon-faceFree Image from public domain licenseKing Richard III, sleeping in the night before the battle of Bosworth Field, is arraigned by seven ghosts, who tell him to… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/14021076/image-cartoon-face-personFree Image from public domain license