- Creator:
- Sir John Gilbert, 1817–1897, British
- Title:
- Apotheosis of Shakespeare's Characters
- Date:
- 1871
- Materials & Techniques:
- Watercolor, gouache, pen and black ink, and graphite on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted on wood panel
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 41 x 28 inches (104.1 x 71.1 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
- Signed and dated in brown ink, lower left: "John Gilbert A R A | 1871.2"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1976.1.51
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- tricking | apotheosis | literary theme | donkey | obese | beards | kings (people) | scepters | baskets | spears (weapons) | knife (weapon) | capes (outerwear) | tunics | costume | robes | shields | crowns (costume components) | armor | fire | relief | women | men | infants | children | shepherds | glorification | putti | gesture
- Currently On View:
- Not on view
- Exhibition History:
- Shakespeare and British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-04-23 - 1981-07-05)
- Publications:
- Geoffrey Ashton, Shakespeare and British Art, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1981, pp. 20, 126, no. 51, PR2933 Y25 A74 c.1 (YCBA)
- Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:10103