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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845, British, Falstaff Instructing Bardolph, 1825
- Title:
Falstaff Instructing Bardolph
- Former Title(s):
Smirke [Shakespeare] Album
- Additional Title(s):
Falstaff and Bardolph Outside Coventry
A Public Road Near Coventry: 'Henry IV, Part I,' Act IV, Scene II
- 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 pasted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 6 x 4 1/2 inches (15.2 x 11.5 cm), Image: 5 1/4 x 4 inches (13.4 x 10.1 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower center: "4 Sc. 2nd"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.3461
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- boots | cape | city | cloak | clouds | figure study | hat | Henry IV Part I, Act IV, Scene II | Henry IV, part I by William Shakespeare | instructing | literary theme | men | obese | plays by William Shakespeare | road | staff | student | talking | teacher | teaching | walking
- Associated People:
- Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
Bardolph (character in Henry IV, parts I and II)
Sir John Falstaff - 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:14875
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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, p. 49, no. 145, PR2933 Y25 A74 c.1 (YCBA) [YCBA]
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