George Noble

Noble made engravings for John Boydell's edition of Shakespeare (1802): • Illustration — Death of Cleopatra by George Noble, after Henry Tresham • "Borachio, Conrade, and Watchman", after Francis Wheatley, scene from Much Ado about Nothing; • "Bassanio, Portia, and Attendants", after Richard Westall, from The Merchant of Venice; • "Orlando and Adam", after Robert Smirke, from As you like it; • "Desdemona in bed asleep", after Josiah Boydell, from Othello; and "Cleopatra, Guards,...", after Henry Tresham, from Antony and Cleopatra. He engraved also the subjects for Robert Bowyer's edition of David Hume's The History of England, 1806: • "Canute reproving his Courtiers", "Henry VIII and Catharine Parr", "Charles I imprisoned in Carisbrooke Castle", "Lord William Russell's last Interview with his Family", and "The Bishops before the Privy Council", after Robert Smirke; • "William I receiving the Crown of England", after Benjamin West; and • "The Landing of William III at Torbay", after Thomas Stothard. Noble's works included also: • eighteen oval portraits of Admiral Lord Duncan and other naval officers, from miniatures by John Smart, which form part of a large plate designed by Robert Smirke, and engraved by James Parker, in commemoration of the battle of Camperdown on 11 October 1797; • Maternal Instruction, after Christian Borckhardt; • portraits of Lady Jane Grey and Rosamond Clifford; and • illustrations to Oliver Goldsmith's Miscellaneous Works, from drawings by Richard Cook.