Simon François Ravenet, 1706–1774, French, active in Britain, Mr. Garrick and Miss Bellamy in the Characters of Romeo and Juliet, 1753
- Title:
- Mr. Garrick and Miss Bellamy in the Characters of Romeo and Juliet
- Part Of:
- Date:
- 1753
- Materials & Techniques:
- Line engraving and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 16 7/8 × 21 5/8 inches (42.9 × 55 cm), Image: 15 5/16 × 20 3/8 inches (38.9 × 51.8 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, upper right: "48"
Lettered in black ink, lower center: "Mr. Garrick and Miss. Bellamy in the Characters of Romeo and Juliet. | Designed Painted and Published by B. Wilson. Engraved by R. S. Ravenet. Published according to Act of Parliament the 20th April 1753."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.14564
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- arch | bed | breeches | cenotaphs | clouds | coats | costume | cross (object) | dead | doors | dress | gesture | literary theme | lovers | mausoleum | men | moon | night | performance | plays by William Shakespeare | romance | Romeo and Juliet, Act V, Scene III | ruffle | science | sheets | surprise | swords | theater (discipline) | tomb | tragedy | vial | vines | wig | woman
- Associated People:
- Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
Juliet (character in Romeo and Juliet)
Garrick, David (1717–1779), actor and playwright
Bellamy, George Anne (ca. 1731–1788), actress
Romeo (character in Romeo and Juliet)
Count Paris (character in Romeo and Juliet) - Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:40370
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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. 57, no. 163, PR2933 Y25 A74 c.1 (YCBA) [YCBA]
Matthew Craske, Joseph Wright of Derby : Painter of darkness, The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, New Haven, 2020, pp. 202, 204-205, fig. 134, NJ18.W95 C72 2020+ (YCBA) [YCBA]
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