Sir John Gilbert, 1817–1897, British, Apotheosis of Shakespeare's Characters, 1871
- Title:
- Apotheosis of Shakespeare's Characters
- Date:
- 1871
- Materials & Techniques:
- Watercolor, gouache, pen and black ink, and graphite on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted on wood panel
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 41 x 28 inches (104.1 x 71.1 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Signed and dated in brown ink, lower left: "John Gilbert A R A | 1871.2"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1976.1.51
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- apotheosis | armor | baskets | beards | capes (outerwear) | children | costume | crowns (costume components) | donkey | fire | gesture | glorification | infants | kings (people) | knife (weapon) | literary theme | men | obese | putti | relief | robes | scepters | shepherds | shields | spears (weapons) | tricking | tunics | women
- Associated People:
- Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
Othello (character in Othello, the Moor of Venice)
Henry VIII (1491–1547), king of England and Ireland
Prospero (character in The Tempest)
Miranda (character in The Tempest)
Ariel (character in The Tempest)
Henry IV (1367–1413), king of England and lord of Ireland, and duke of Aquitaine
Caliban (The Tempest)
Shakespearean fool
Perdita (character in The Winter's Tale)
Wolsey, Thomas (1470/71–1530), royal minister, archbishop of York, and cardinal
Arthur I (1187–1203), duke of Brittany
Mistress Page (character in The Merry Wives of Windsor)
Mistress Ford (character in The Merry Wives of Windsor)
King Lear (character in King Lear)
Puck (character in A Midsummer Night's Dream)
Shylock (character in The Merchant of Venice)
Portia (character in The Merchant of Venice)
Desdemona (character in Othello)
Bottom (character in A Midsummer Night's Dream)
Iago (character in Othello, the Moor of Venice)
Ophelia (character in Hamlet)
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
Sir John Falstaff
characters - Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:10103
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Shakespeare and British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-04-23 - 1981-07-05) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
Geoffrey Ashton, Shakespeare and British Art, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1981, pp. 20, 126, no. 51, PR2933 Y25 A74 c.1 (YCBA) [YCBA]
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