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- 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
- Link to Frame:
- B1973.1.19FR
- 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
Note: To make an appointment to see this work, please contact the Paintings and Sculpture department at ycba.paintings@yale.edu. Please visit the Paintings and Sculpture collections page on our website for more details. - 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]