- Creator:
- unknown artistFormerly Robert Smirke, 1752–1845, British
- Title:
- Fluellen Forcing Pistol to Eat His Leek
- Date:
- undated
- Materials & Techniques:
- Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Mount: 14 × 10 1/8 inches (35.6 × 25.7 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
- Inscribed on verso in pen and brown ink, lower center: "Pistol, Fluellen & Gower : Vide Henry Vth | Pis: Quiet your cudgel, see I eat. | T Smirke"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1976.1.60
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- vegetables | eating | literary theme | leeks | revenge | food | men | army | armed forces | soldiers | plume | tents | doublets | cockades | collars | cap | hats | ruff | breeches | stockings | belts | boots | shoes | clubs | swords | Henry V, play by William Shakespeare | Henry V, Act V, Scene I | plays by William Shakespeare | play
- 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. 2-3, no. 9, PR2933 Y25 A74 c.1 (YCBA)
- Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:9571