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Romeo and Juliet (Romeo e Giulietta), oil on canvas by Ford Madox Brown, c. 1870. Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington.

The famous balcony scene (Act II Scene II) in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, oil on canvas painting by Frank Bernard Dicksee, 1884. Southampton City Art Gallery.

Juliet awakens in the tomb to find Romeo dead; from Act V Scene III of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, oil on canvas painting by James Northcote, 1790. Folger Shakespeare Library.

Romeo meets Juliet for the first time at Capulet's Feast in Act I Scene V of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, watercolor by Victoria, Princess Royal (eldest daughter of Queen Victoria), 26 August 1861. Royal Collection, UK.

The death of Mercutio in Act III Scene I of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, painting by Frank Bernard Dicksee, published in Gallery of Shakespeare illustrations, from celebrated works of art, 1909.

Romeo says farewell to Juliet before going to exile in Mantua, hurried along by Juliet's Nurse (right), oil on canvas painting by Marcello Bacciarelli, 1796. National Museum, Warsaw.

Romeo and Juliet are married in secret by Friar Laurence, as depicted in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, oil on canvas painting by P. Leroy, c. 1880. Private collection.

Mercutio bids farewell to Juliet's Nurse after mocking her in Act II Scene IV of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, oil on canvas painting by John Massey Wright, c. 1820. Folger Shakespeare Library.

Romeo fights Tybalt in Act III Scene I of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, leading to the death of Tybalt and Romeo's banishment from Verona, oil on board painting by Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (consort of Queen Victoria...

This map illustrates the Indian Ocean trade (15th–16th centuries), a vast maritime network linking East Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, and Southeast Asia, facilitating the exchange of spices, textiles, metals, timber, and luxury goods...