- Title:
- Study for 'Finding of the Body of Bassanio'
- Part Of:
- Date:
- 1804
- Materials & Techniques:
- Pen and brown ink, graphite and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 12 1/8 x 8 inches (30.8 x 20.3 cm), Image: 11 × 7 3/8 inches (27.9 × 18.7 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso in brown ink, lower right: "Mon cher George | Cela avais la petit present de Votre Tante | vous cher Transmit"
Collector's mark: Sir Robert Witt (Lugt 2228b)
Signed in graphite, lower right: "Fuseli"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.5021
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- bodies | caves | death | figure study | literary theme | men | nudes | plays by William Shakespeare | stones
- Associated People:
- Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
Bassiano (character in The Merchant of Venice) - Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
Note: The Study Room is open by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details. - Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:14591
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