unknown artist, nineteenth centuryFormerly attributed to Daniel Maclise, 1806–1870, Irish
Title:
Procession of Characters from Shakespeare's Plays
Date:
ca. 1840
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on board
Dimensions:
12 1/4 x 54 1/4 inches (31.1 x 137.8 cm)
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.5.26
Classification:
Paintings
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Subject Terms:
costume | theater (discipline) | women | men | procession | panel (wood) | actors | lovers | frieze (ornamental band) | romance | love | dog (animal) | obese | literary theme | Romeo and Juliet, play by William Shakespeare | The Two Gentlemen of Verona, play by William Shakespeare | Twelfth Night; or, What You Will, play by William Shakespeare | A Midsummer Night's Dream, play by William Shakespeare | Macbeth, play by William Shakespeare | Hamlet, play by William Shakespeare | The Merry Wives of Windsor, play by William Shakespeare | As You Like It, play by William Shakespeare | Henry VI, part II by William Shakespeare | Henry VI, part I by William Shakespeare | All's Well that Ends Well, play by William Shakespeare | Much Ado About Nothing, play by William Shakespeare | The Taming of the Shrew, play by William Shakespeare | The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice, play by William Shakespeare | tragedies | plays
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Shakespeare on Canvas (Yale Center for British Art, 2012-01-02 - 2012-06-30)Shakespeare in Western Art (Isetan Museum of Art, 1992-10-29 - 1992-11-24)Shakespeare in Western Art (Museum of Modern Art, Ibaraki, 1992-11-28 - 1992-12-23)Shakespeare in Western Art (Kintetsu Museum of Art, 1993-01-09 - 1993-02-02)Shakespeare in Western Art (Takamatsu City Museum of Art, 1993-01-09 - 1993-02-08)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. 3, no. 10, 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. 40-41, N590.2 .A83 (YCBA)