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Boydell Shakespeare Gallery

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Boydell Shakespeare Gallery — former art gallery in London.

Boydell Shakespeare Gallery

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Boydell Shakespeare Gallery is a gallery in london. Established 1786. (Art museum in London.) Wikipedia notes: "The Boydell Shakespeare Gallery in London, England, was the first stage of a three-part project initiated in November 1786 by engraver and publisher John Boydell in an effort to foster a school of British history painting. In addition to the establishment of the gallery, Boydell planned to produce an illustrated edition of William Shakespeare's plays and a folio of prints based upon a series of paintings by different contemporary painters.". Coordinates 51.5057°, -0.1367°. Sources are credited at the bottom of this page.

Coordinates
51.5057, -0.1367
Established
1786

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