Drawing from the original watercolor, approximately 23.5 X 13 inches. The Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.

Cattermole painted thirteen watercolors (all approximately 23.5 X 13 inches) illustrating Shakespeare's life from his christening to his death. The series was commissioned by William Ryland to accompany a lecture on Shakespeare's life, and the paintings were often reproduced as prints, drawings and postcards. Ryland bequeathed the set of watercolors to the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre at Stratford in 1901. The scene reproduced here is No. 8, "Shakespeare Acting Before Queen Elizabeth."

1. The Christening of Shakespeare
2. Shakespeare Meets the Strolling Players
3. Mayday Sports at Shottery
4. Stag-Hunting by Moonlight
5. Shakespeare Before Sir Thomas Lucy
6. Shakespeare Leaving Home--The Farewell
7. Ben Jonson Visits Shakespeare in London
8. Shakespeare Acting Before Queen Elizabeth
9. Shakespeare in the Green Room
10. Shakespeare Reading The Merry Wives of Windsor to Queen Elizabeth
11. Shakespeare's Return to Stratford-upon-Avon
12. Shakespeare with His Friends at New Place
13. Shakespeare's Last Hours