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- Title:
The First Appearance of William Shakespeare on the Stage of the Globe Theatre
- Former Title(s):
The First Appearance of William Shakespeare on the Stage of the Globe with Part of his Dramatic Company in 1564 [1985, Cormack, YCBA Concise Catalogue]
The first appearance of William Shakespeare on the stage of the Globe, with part of his dramatic company in 1564 [1867, Royal Academy of Arts, London, exhibition catalogue]
- Date:
- 1864 to 1865
- Medium:
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions:
- 27 7/8 x 21 7/8 inches (70.8 x 55.6 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Dated in brown paint, lower right: "and this Drawing made by him in 1864 & 5"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1975.5.25
- Classification:
- Paintings
- Collection:
- Paintings and Sculpture
- Link to Frame:
- B1975.5.25FR
- Subject Terms:
- anniversary | antlers | armor | bat (animal) | child | comedies | costume | cradle (child's bed) | crown (costume component) | curtains | fairies | king (person) | literary theme | mask | people | portrait | proscenium arch | rocks (landforms) | stage | theater | theater (discipline) | tragedies | Victorian
- Associated Places:
- England | London | United Kingdom
- Associated People:
- Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
- 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:234
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Shakespeare on Canvas (Yale Center for British Art, 2012-01-02 - 2012-06-30) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition] [Exhibition Description]
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. 14-5, no. 39, 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. 74-75, N590.2 A83 (YCBA) [YCBA]
David Mayer, Documents of Performance, George Cruikshank, The First Appearance of William Shakespeare on the Stage of the Globe with Part of his Dramatic Company in 1564 , Nineteenth Century Theatre and Film, vol. 30, no 1, Summer, 2003, pp. 53-64, Plate 8, PN2580 N55 (SML Also available online (Orbis) [ORBIS]