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Joseph Kenny Meadows

39 works

Browse 39 works by Joseph Kenny Meadows. Every work here links to the museum that holds it, and anyone can save it at up to 2,500 pixels on the long side without paying.

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Engraving of a jester with bells on his cap beside a woman in a tall hat, standing among trees and foliage.

As you like it, act III, sc. 3 [Touchstone and Audrey]

1845

Engraving of a crowned man in dark robes raising a bloodied sword above a fallen body in a stone chamber.

Henry 6th part 3rd, act 5, sc. 6

Engraving of a kneeling man over a fallen body in Roman dress, with standing onlookers and a pool of blood beside a column.

Julius Caesar, act 3 sc. 1, Antony; How like a deer, stricken by many princes, Dost thou here lie!

Engraving of a seated woman with a boy beside her, pleading toward an armored knight in a medieval interior.

King John, act 3, sc. 1 [Arthur, Constance & Salisbury]

1845

Engraving of an elderly woman in a full gown facing a young man in a feathered cap holding a fan, from Romeo and Juliet.

Romeo and Juliet, act II, sc 4

Engraving of a man raising a sword beside a woman in a long gown, with onlookers in a doorway and two dogs below.

Petruchio; Grumio, draw forth thy weapon,… Taming of the shrew, act 4, sc. 2

Engraving of a crowned woman in a pale gown before a draped curtain, with courtly figures gesturing and a flowered urn on a c

Leontes; O, thus she stood, even with such life of majesty… Winter’s tale, act 5, scene 3

Engraving of a seated clerk writing beside a column while costumed men gesture in a vaulted interior.

Measure for measure, act II, sc. 1

1845

Engraving of a man with a sword facing a leaping goblin in a forest, with a small fairy vignette below.

Midsummer nights dream, act 3, sc. 2

1845

Engraving of two armored figures with swords beside rocks under a stormy sky with lightning, from Macbeth.

Macbeth, act 1, scene 3… All hail, Macbeth! that shalt be king hereafter

Engraving of a stout man in a plumed hat with a bearded companion, a child holding a lantern, and rooftops behind.

Much ado about nothing, a. III, s. III

1845

Engraving of two men fighting in a stone chamber with a barred window, one with a halberd, two figures on the floor.

King Richard 2nd, act 5, sc. 5

Engraving of a man raising a goblet at a banquet in a columned hall, with guests behind him and a fruit bowl on a table.

Timon; May you a better feast never behold… Timon of Athens, act 3, sc. 4

Engraving of cloaked Roman men in a street, one holding a drawn sword, with children at a stone wall.

Coriolanus, act 3, sc. 1

1845

Engraving of an elderly man seated in a chair embraced by a woman in a bonnet, with a sword and cane nearby.

Henry IV, pt. 2, act II, s. 4. P. Henry; Look, if the withered elder hath not his poll clawed like a parrot

Engraved scene of richly dressed figures by a tree and pond with lily pads, from Meadows's 1845 Love's Labour Lost illustrati

Love’s labour lost [act IV, scene 1]

1845

Engraving of an old man with a spear and two fur-clad companions tending a limp young figure before a rocky cave.

Cymbeline, [act IV, scene 2]

Engraving of Hamlet: a dark-clad man attacks a crowned king on a throne while figures lie fallen on the steps.

Hamlet, a 5. s 2

Engraving of Ariel flying through storm clouds above grotesque creatures and men with a sword, from The Tempest act 3 scene 3

Ariel; ‘You fools!’… Tempest, act 3. sc. 3

Engraving of two classically dressed figures embracing beside a stone column, with foliage and a rose sprig below.

Troilus & Cressida, act 4, sc. 2, Cressida; Prythee, tarry. - - You men will never tarry

Hand-colored engraving of a woman in a lace bonnet and dark cloak reading a letter, with birds and a country house behind her

Mistress Ford, Shakspeare gallery, [character in Shakespeare’s] Merry wives of Windsor

Engraving of three men in period dress talking in a Venetian street, with a chain post and coins at the bottom.

Merchant of Venice, act I, sc. 3

1845

Pencil sketch of a woman pointing upward beside a bearded man in period dress, with a attendant holding a fan behind them.

Winter’s tale

1843

Pencil sketch of a woman in a gown beside a tree, with two men and a pond with lily pads in the foreground.

Love’s labour’s lost

1843

Pencil sketch of a woman in a long gown before crowned onlookers in an arched hall with a flower urn.

Othello

1843

Engraving of a woman in a white bonnet and a man in a feathered hat on a stone staircase, with birds and a tankard below.

Merry wives of Windsor, act I, sc. 2

Engraved portrait of a woman with pearl headband, jeweled choker and dark draped shawl, before a classical building and cloud

Virgilia, character in Coriolanus

Engraving of three men in period costume hiding in bushes beside an overturned urn, by Joseph Kenny Meadows, 1845.

Twelfth night, a. II, s. 5

1845

Engraved portrait of a young woman in a patterned headdress holding a feathered fan, seated in a chair against a draped backg

Cressida, Troilus & Cressida, act 4, sc. 4

Watercolor of a kneeling man in red doublet and two women in Elizabethan dress before dark trees.

Two women and a man in Elizabethan dress

Engraved portrait of a seated woman in a jeweled headband and fur-trimmed robe, hand raised to her face, holding a letter.

Cordelia, King Lear

Watercolor sketch of costumed men in a stage scene, one in a feathered hat and cloak, with a caption for Measure for Measure.

Measure for measure, act III, scene 2