Georges Pilotelle - Sarah Bernhardt in Macbeth
Georges Pilotelle

Georges Raoul Eugène Pilotelle was a Paris Commune caricaturist known by his pseudonym Pilotell.

His father was a deputy mayor and deputy judge at the Court of First Instance.

He contributed to several Republican opposition newspapers, including Paris-Caprice, Le Bouffon, Le Charivari, Le Hanneton and La Rue by Jules Vallès. On February 8, 1871, he launched the twice-weekly newspaper La Caricature politique.

Pilotell was appointed Special Commissar of the Commune, and went into exile in London. Sentenced to death in absentia in 1874, he died there on June 29, 1918.

In Collection: Illustrations to Shakespeare (View all 1392)

Romeo and Juliet, act II, sc 4

Romeo and Juliet, act II, sc 4

Joseph Kenny Meadows (English, 1790–1874)
Illustration from A Midsummer night’s dream

Illustration from A Midsummer night’s dream (1901)

Fanny Railton (English, 19th Century)
Illustrations to Shakespeare Pl.070

Illustrations to Shakespeare Pl.070 (19th century)

John Massey Wright (English, 1777–1866)
Grouped vignettes depicting characters and scenes from Much ado about nothing as performed at His Majesty’s in 1905

Grouped vignettes depicting characters and scenes from Much ado about nothing as performed at His Majesty’s in 1905 (1905)

Samuel Begg (English, 1854-1936)
Cardinal Wolsey entering the Abbey of Leicester in Shakespeare’s King Henry VIII, act IV, scene 2

Cardinal Wolsey entering the Abbey of Leicester in Shakespeare’s King Henry VIII, act IV, scene 2 (19th century)

William Francis Starling (English, active 1833 - 1845)
Measure for measure, act 2, scene 4, Angelo and Isabella

Measure for measure, act 2, scene 4, Angelo and Isabella (19th century)

William Francis Starling (English, active 1833 - 1845)
As you like it, act II, scene 4

As you like it, act II, scene 4 (1898)

J. E. Pawsey (English, 19th century)
The casket scene, Merchant of Venice, III, 2

The casket scene, Merchant of Venice, III, 2 (1888)

Edwin Austin Abbey (American, 1852 - 1911)
A scene from Romeo and Juliet – the balcony scene 2

A scene from Romeo and Juliet – the balcony scene 2

John Massey Wright (English, 1777–1866)
Coriolanus, act 3, sc. 1

Coriolanus, act 3, sc. 1 (1845)

Joseph Kenny Meadows (English, 1790–1874)
The Winter’s Tale; Archidamus, Act I

The Winter’s Tale; Archidamus, Act I (1904)

Tom Heslewood (English, 1868–1939)
Merry wives of Windsor, act I, sc. 1

Merry wives of Windsor, act I, sc. 1 (1859)

Joseph Nash (English, 1808-1878)
The Winter’s Tale; An old Shepherd, Mopsa & Dorcas

The Winter’s Tale; An old Shepherd, Mopsa & Dorcas (1904)

Tom Heslewood (English, 1868–1939)
Henry VI part 2

Henry VI part 2 (1893)

Alexandre Bida (French, 1823-1895)
Illustrations to Merry wives of Windsor Pl.13

Illustrations to Merry wives of Windsor Pl.13 (1910)

Hugh Thomson (American, 1860-1920)
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