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- Title:
Shylock and Jessica from the 'Merchant of Venice,' II, ii
- Former Title(s):
Shylock and Jessica "Jessica, my girl, there are my keys; Look to my house." -- Merchant of Venice. [1830, Royal Academy of Arts, London, exhibition catalogue]
- Date:
- 1830
- Medium:
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions:
- 35 x 29 1/2 inches (88.9 x 74.9 cm), Frame: 45 × 40 × 4 1/2 inches (114.3 × 101.6 × 11.4 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Signed, lower right: "G.S. Newton"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1975.5.3
- Classification:
- Paintings
- Collection:
- Paintings and Sculpture
- Link to Frame:
- B1975.5.3FR
- Subject Terms:
- costume | hat | interior | keys | literary theme | man | merchant | pouch | purse | room | scissors | stairs | The Merchant of Venice, play by William Shakespeare | theater (discipline) | woman
- Associated People:
- Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
Shylock (character in The Merchant of Venice)
Jessica, daughter of Shylock - 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:214
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