The Tragedy of Richard the Third, often shortened to Richard III, is a play by William Shakespeare, which depicts the Machiavellian rise to power and subsequent short reign of King Richard III of Engl
George Frederick Cooke as Richard III, by Thomas Sully (1811–1812)
Richard III terrified by nightmarish visions. Shakespeare, Act 5, Scene 9, painting by Nicolai Abildgaard. Nivaagaard Collection.
English actor David Garrick as Richard III just before the battle of Bosworth Field. His sleep having been haunted by the ghosts of those he has murdered, he wakes to the realisation that he is alone in the world and death is imminent. David Garrick as Richard III (1745), William Hogarth
The first page of Richard III, printed in the Second Folio of 1632
Anne Neville was Queen of England from 26 June 1483 until her death in 1485 as the wife of King Richard III. She was the younger of the two daughters and co-heiresses of Richard Neville, 16th Earl of
Drawing from the Rous Roll, c. 1483
Middleham Castle came into the possession of the Neville family in 1270.
Drawing of Anne and her two husbands from the Beauchamp Pageant, c. 1483-1494
Drawing of Richard and Anne as King and Queen from the Salisbury Roll, c. 1483–1485.