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Creator:
Benjamin van der Gucht, 1753–1794
Title:

Henry Woodward as Petruchio in Catherine and Petruchio, a version by Garrick of "The Taming of the Shrew"

Former Title(s):

Henry Woodward as Petruchio in 'Catherine and Petruchio' [1985, Cormack, YCBA Concise Catalogue]

A portrait in the character of Petruchio, half length. [1774, Royal Academy of Arts, London, exhibition catalogue]

Date:
between 1773 and 1774
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
50 x 40 inches (127 x 101.6 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:

Label on verso, upper center: "Tho.s Agnew & Sons Ltd | [logo] No 36289 | By appointment | To his late Majesty King George VI | Fine Art Publishers Thos. Agnew | & Sons Ltd. London | London, | 43 Old Bond Street, | Piccadilly W1X4BA"; center: "Benjamin van der Gucht 1794 | 51 [italics] Henry Woodward in the Character of Petruchio [non italics] | Canvas, 50 by 40 inches, 127 by 101·5 cms. | Collection: Presented by the artist to the Lock Hospital, with whom the | painting remained until after 1906. | Exhibited: Royal Academy, 1774, No. 305."; center, handwritten: "201"; lower right: "Pitt & Scott Ltd | London | F. [handwritten] 4993 | [typed] 4878"

Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1973.1.19
Classification:
Paintings
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Subject Terms:
actor | comedy | costume | curtain | drapery | feather | lace | literary theme | man | performance | pose | red | sword | The Taming of the Shrew, play by William Shakespeare | theater | tricorne
Associated People:
Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
Petruchio (character in The Taming of the Shrew)
Woodward, Henry (1714–1777), actor and pantomimist
Garrick, David (1717–1779), actor and playwright
Access:
Not on view
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Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:123
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Shakespeare and British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-04-23 - 1981-07-05) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]

Geoffrey Ashton, Shakespeare and British Art, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1981, pp. 53-4, 85, no. 157, PR2933 Y25 A74 c.1 (YCBA) [YCBA]

Malcolm Cormack, Concise Catalogue of Paintings in the Yale Center for British Art, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1985, pp. 108-109, N590.2 A83 (YCBA) [YCBA]


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