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Creator:
Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Title:

Christopher Sly and the Page, as His Wife

Part Of:

Collective Title: The Taming of the Shrew

Collective Title: Smirke [Shakespeare] Album

Date:
1821
Medium:
Pen and brown ink, brown wash, gouache, and oil on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper pasted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 7/16 x 4 7/16 inches (16.3 x 11.2 cm), Image: 5 3/16 x 4 inches (13.2 x 10.2 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:

Inscribed in graphite, lower center "No 1"

Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.3447
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
barefoot | bed | crowd | drapery | figure study | husband | illusion | kneeling | literary theme | men | necklace | pillows | plays by William Shakespeare | servants | shoes | squires | The Taming of the Shrew, play by William Shakespeare | wife | women
Associated People:
Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
Christopher Sly
Access:
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:29441
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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. 47, 113, no. 134, PR2933 Y25 A74 c.1 (YCBA) [YCBA]


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