Robert Smirke, 1752–1845, British, Falstaff at Herne's Oak, 1821
- Title:
- Falstaff at Herne's Oak
- Part Of:
- Date:
- 1821
- Materials & Techniques:
- Pen and brown ink, brown wash, gouache and oil on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper pasted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 7 5/16 x 4 1/2 inches (18.6 x 11.4 cm), Image: 5 1/4 x 4 1/8 inches (13.3 x 10.4 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, upper center, "Act 5"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.3466
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- children | costume | fairies | figure study | forest | humor | illusion | literary theme | mask | men | oak | obese | plays by William Shakespeare | The Merry Wives of Windsor, play by William Shakespeare | torch | tricking | women
- Associated People:
- Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
Sir John Falstaff - Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:29458
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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. 46, no. 129, PR2933 Y25 A74 c.1 (YCBA) [YCBA]
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