Robert Smirke, 1752–1845, British, Virgilia and Volumnia Plead with Coriolanus, ca. 1795
- Title:
- Virgilia and Volumnia Plead with Coriolanus
- Part Of:
Collective Title: [One from] Illustrations to Shakespeare [from Coriolanus]
- Date:
- ca. 1795
- Materials & Techniques:
- Brown wash with gouache over graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 11 3/4 x 12 1/8 inches (29.8 x 30.8 cm), Image: 10 1/4 x 10 1/2 inches (26 x 26.7 cm), Contemporary drawn border: 10 5/8 x 10 3/4 inches (27 x 27.3 cm)
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.3549
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- baldric | boy | cloak | Coriolanus, play by William Shakespeare | family | headdresses | helmets | literary theme | lorica | men | mother | palla | play | sandals | soldier | son | stola | tunics | weapon | wife | women
- Associated People:
- Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
Coriolanus
Volumnia
Virgilia - Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:29604
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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. 49, no. 148, PR2933 Y25 A74 c.1 (YCBA) [YCBA]
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