Attributed to Philippe-Jacques de Loutherbourg, 1740–1812, French, active in Britain (from 1771), Falstaff with the Body of Hotspur, ca. 1786
- Title:
- Falstaff with the Body of Hotspur
- Former Title(s):
- Falstaff with the Body of Hotspur, Act V, Scene iv of Part One of Henry IV
- Date:
- ca. 1786
- Materials & Techniques:
- Oil on paper
- Dimensions:
- 12 x 11 1/4 inches (30.5 x 28.6 cm)
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1975.5.27
- Classification:
- Paintings
- Collection:
- Paintings and Sculpture
- Link to Frame:
- B1975.5.27FR
- Subject Terms:
- armor | costume | death | duel | feather | Henry IV, part I by William Shakespeare | literary theme | men | sword | theater (discipline) | tondo
- Associated People:
- Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
Sir John Falstaff
Hotspur (Henry Percy), character in Henry IV, Part I - Access:
- Not on view
- Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:236
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Shakespeare on Canvas (Yale Center for British Art, 2012-01-02 - 2012-06-30) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition] [Exhibition Description]
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. 34-5, no. 91, PR2933 Y25 A74 c.1 (YCBA) [YCBA]
Malcolm Cormack, Concise Catalogue of Paintings in the Yale Center for British Art, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1985, pp. 152, 153, N590.2 .A83 (YCBA) [YCBA]
Olivier Lefeuvre, Philippe-Jacques de Loutherbourg : 1740-1812, , Arthena, Paris, 2012, p. 347, cat. no. R.10, R. 10, NJ18.L928 A12 L44 2012 OVERSIZE (YCBA) [YCBA]
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