Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Robert Smirke, 1752–1845, British
Title:
Feste, as Sir Topas, addressing Malvolio
Date:
1822
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink, brown wash, gouache and oil, partly varnished on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper pasted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 9/16 x 4 5/16 inches (16.7 x 11 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower center: "4"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.3449
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
spying | eavesdropping | literary theme | listening | robes | hat | figure study | palace | window | arches | men | woman | Twelfth Night; or, What You Will, 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. 48, no. 141, PR2933 Y25 A74 c.1 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:29443