A List 9/16/02 SHAKESPEARE ENGRAVINGS ON EXHIBITION IN SLU GALLERY CANTON - "Good Will: Engravings from Boydell's Illustrations of the Dramatic Works of Shakespeare" will be on exhibition in the Richard F. Brush Art Gallery at St. Lawrence University September 26 through November 9. From 1789 to 1805, John and Josiah Boydell commissioned 167 paintings for the Shakespeare Gallery in London by over 30 of "the most eminent artists of Great Britain," including Sir Joshua Reynolds and Henry Fuseli. Based on these paintings, the Boydells published two volumes of elephant folio engravings in 1805; an American edition was published in 1852 by Shearjashub Spooner. This exhibition, from St. Lawrence University's Permanent Collection, presents 24 of the original 97 prints. It is being held in conjunction with performances on campus by the Shenandoah Shakespeare Express company, October 21-27, and the speech and theatre department's production Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet), by Ann-Marie MacDonald, November 6-9. For more information or to arrange individual or group tours, contact the gallery at 315-229-5174. Note that the gallery will be closed October 10-13, during the University's mid-semester break.-30- Images and more information from the Richard F. Brush Art Gallery
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