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Creator:
Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Title:
Feste, as Sir Topas, addressing Malvolio
Part Of:

Collective Title: Twelfth Night; or, What You Will

Collective Title: Smirke [Shakespeare] Album

Date:
1822
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink, brown wash, gouache and oil, partly varnished on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper pasted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 9/16 x 4 5/16 inches (16.7 x 11 cm), Image: 5 1/4 x 4 inches (13.3 x 10.2 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:

Inscribed in graphite, lower center: "4"

Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.3449
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
arches | eavesdropping | figure study | hat | listening | literary theme | men | palace | plays by William Shakespeare | robes | spying | Twelfth Night; or, What You Will, play by William Shakespeare | window | woman
Associated People:
Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
Malvolio (character in Twelfth Night)
Feste (character in Twelfth Night)
Access:
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:29443
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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, p. 48, no. 141, PR2933 Y25 A74 c.1 (YCBA) [YCBA]


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