The Reconciliation of the Montagues and the Capulets
Date:
1854
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with gouache over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 9/16 x 20 3/4 inches (39.6 x 52.7 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Watermark: I HONIG LION (lion similar to the one in Churchill 159)
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1976.1.56
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
gesturing | crying | literary theme | architectural subject | owl | veil | lantern | torchieres | tomb | dress | tunics | cloaks | hats | boots | shoes | helmets | wedding dress | breeches | stockings | chisel | daggers | staff | pincers | shovel | sheaths | swords | spears | sarcophagus | purses | women | watchmen | men | fire | suicide | smoke | lovers | grief | sadness | lattice | columns | city | roundel (architectural element) | steps | capitals | railing | pillar | flowers (plants) | play | Romeo and Juliet, play by William Shakespeare | plays by William Shakespeare
Associated Places:
Europe | Italy | Verona
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
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:
A brush with Shakespeare, the bard in painting, 1780-1910 , Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Montgomery, AL, 1985, pp. 18-19, fig. 23, PR2883 B78 oversize (YCBA)Geoffrey Ashton, Shakespeare and British Art, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1981, pp. 33-4, 125, no. 90, PR2933 Y25 A74 c.1 (YCBA)