Watercolor and graphite, with scraping on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Mount: 13 13/16 x 11 1/4 inches (35.1 x 28.5 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and brown ink, lower center: "Where should this musick be; i'th'air, or earth? | This is no mortal business, nor no sound | That the earth owns; I hear it now above me. | Tempest"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.4.1973
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
ocean | ruff | sash | cloak | doublet | lute | woman | man | music | shipwreck | magic | hearing | sound | sea | coast | island | literary theme | rocks (landforms) | spirit | clouds | The Tempest, Act I, Scene II | 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, p. 28, no. 72, PR2933 Y25 A74 c.1 (YCBA)