Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
unknown artist

Formerly 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