Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Robert Smirke, 1752–1845, British
Title:
Prospero Conjuring a Masque for Ferdinand and Miranda
Date:
ca. 1810
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink, brown wash, gouache, and oil on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper pasted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 4 15/16 x 6 9/16 inches (12.6 x 16.6 cm)
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.3442
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
flying | sitting | clouds | gesturing | literary theme | robes | figure study | magician | magic | illusion | masque | plays by William Shakespeare | The Tempest, play 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, pp. 45, 107, no. 121, PR2933 Y25 A74 c.1 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:29436