Shrew Gallery

Christopher Sly by Giovacchino Forzano

Christopher Sly by Giovacchino Forzano (19 November 1884 28 October 1970) translated by H. B. Cotterill and starring Matheson Lang (May 15, 1879 April 11, 1948). First produced at the New Theatre in London (now known as The Noel Coward Theatre) on 31st August 1921. Sly, in the blue cloak, has been taken from Shakespeares The Taming of the Shrew. He still drinks too much, but becomes a tragic figure, when, given a noblemans clothes and admitted to court, he kills himself because he cannot stand the mockery. The artist is Charles Buchel (18721950). Date: 1921

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Marten, Martes martes, and wolverine, Gulo gulo

Common shrew, Sorex araneus, and star-nosed mole, Condylura cristata.. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Frederic Cuvier's Dictionary of Natural Science: Mammals, Paris, France, 1816. Illustration by J. G. Pretre, engraved by Massard, directed by Pierre Jean-Francois Turpin, and published by F.G. Levrault. Jean Gabriel Pretre (1780-1845) was painter of natural history at Empress Josephine's zoo and later became artist to the Museum of Natural History

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Tameing i.e. taming a shrew. Or Petruchios patent family be

Tameing i.e. taming a shrew. Or Petruchio's patent family bedstead, gags & thumscrews. Cartoon showing woman restrained in a bed fashioned like a pillory. Her husband sits up in bed beside her, holding a whip and gag. Date 1815. Tameing i.e. taming a shrew. Or Petruchio's patent family bedstead, gags & thumscrews. Cartoon showing woman restrained in a bed fashioned like a pillory. Her husband sits up in bed beside her, holding a whip and gag. Date 1815

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