Claudio, from the "Illustrated London News". Artist: After Marcus Clayton Stone (British, London 1840-1921 London). Dimensions: Sheet: 9 13/16 × 11 15/16 in. (24.9 × 30.3 cm). Engraver: William Luson Thomas (British, London 1830-1900 Chertsey, Surrey). Subject: William Shakespeare (British, Stratford-upon-Avon 1564-1616 Stratford-upon-Avon). Date: May 25, 1861. The leading London wood engraver William Luson Thomas here represents a dramatic episode in Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing" (Act 4, Scene 1), where Hero faints at the altar after being falsely accused of infidelity by her betrot
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Claudio, from the "Illustrated London News". Artist: After Marcus Clayton Stone (British, London 1840-1921 London). Dimensions: Sheet: 9 13/16 × 11 15/16 in. (24.9 × 30.3 cm). Engraver: William Luson Thomas (British, London 1830-1900 Chertsey, Surrey). Subject: William Shakespeare (British, Stratford-upon-Avon 1564-1616 Stratford-upon-Avon). Date: May 25, 1861. The leading London wood engraver William Luson Thomas here represents a dramatic episode in Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing" (Act 4, Scene 1), where Hero faints at the altar after being falsely accused of infidelity by her betrothed, Claudio. Based on a painting that Marcus Stone exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1861, the engraving appeared in the "Illustrated London News, " the world's first weekly news magazine, founded in 1842, whose pages often reported on art exhibitions. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.