Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Robert Smirke, 1752–1845, British
Title:
Lysander Awakening to See Helena
Date:
1825
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink with brown wash and gouache over graphite with gum on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper pasted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 1/2 x 4 1/4 inches (16.5 x 10.8 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower center: "2nd"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.3470
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
sleeping | surprise | tricking | gesturing | literary theme | man | women | magic | illusion | illusion | love | woods | cloak | cape | dress | figure study | A Midsummer Night's Dream, play by William Shakespeare | plays by William Shakespeare
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, p. 47, no. 132, PR2933 Y25 A74 c.1 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:14880