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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845, British, Falstaff Dragging the Body of Hotspur, 1825
- Title:
Falstaff Dragging the Body of Hotspur
- Additional Title(s):
Another part of the field: 'Henry IV, Part I,' Act V, Scene IV
- Part Of:
- Date:
- 1825
- Medium:
- Pen and brown ink with brown wash and gouache over graphite with gum on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 6 3/8 x 4 15/16 inches (16.2 x 12.5 cm), Image: 5 1/4 x 4 inches (13.3 x 10.1 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower center: "5 Scene 4"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.3460
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- battlefield | body | carrying | dragging | feather | field | figure study | hat | Henry IV Part I, Act V, Scene IV | Henry IV, part I by William Shakespeare | injured | literary theme | men | plays by William Shakespeare | soldiers | trees | wound
- Associated People:
- Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
Note: The Study Room is open by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details. - Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:14874
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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. 49, 112, no. 146, PR2933 Y25 A74 c.1 (YCBA) [YCBA]
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