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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845, British, Falstaff in the Boar's Head, 1807
- Title:
Falstaff in the Boar's Head
- Additional Title(s):
Illustrations to Shakespeare: Falstaff [from Henry IV, Part II]
- Part Of:
- Date:
- 1807
- Medium:
- Oil with brown ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 7 3/4 x 9 3/4 inches (19.7 x 24.8 cm), Image: 5 1/4 x 6 5/8 inches (13.3 x 16.8 cm)
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.3562
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- apron (main garment) | blouse | boots | chair | collar | courtship | dress | earrings | flute | goblets | hats | inn | jackets | kerchief | literary theme | men | music | musicians | napkin | obese | pitcher | play | prostitute | silver | skirt | sword | table | tavern | women
- Associated Places:
- City of London | London | United Kingdom
- Associated People:
- Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
Sir John Falstaff
Mistress Quickly (character in Henry IV, Part I) - Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:14881
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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. 147, PR2933 Y25 A74 c.1 (YCBA) [YCBA]
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