Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
John S. Clifton, active 1852–1869, British
Title:
Buck Washing on Datchet Mead from 'The Merry Wives of Windsor,' III, v
Date:
1849
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on panel
Dimensions:
30 x 24 inches (76.2 x 61 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Signed and dated in brown, lower center left: "I.S. Clifton 18 [?]"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.5.23
Classification:
Paintings
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Subject Terms:
literary theme | theater (discipline) | men | river | stream | costume | basket | laundry basket | landscape | The Merry Wives of Windsor, play by William Shakespeare
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Shakespeare on Canvas (Yale Center for British Art, 2012-01-02 - 2012-06-30)

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. 12, 121, no. 32, PR2933 Y25 A74 c.1 (YCBA)

Malcolm Cormack, Concise Catalogue of Paintings in the Yale Center for British Art, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1985, pp. 54-55, N590.2 .A83 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:232