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John Massey Wright, 1777–1866, British, The Rustics Perform from "A Midsummer Night's Dream", undated
- Title:
The Rustics Perform from "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
- Additional Title(s):
Verso: Hermione and Leontes in "The Winter's Tale"
- Part Of:
- Date:
- undated
- Medium:
- Watercolor with brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 5 11/16 x 9 9/16 inches (14.4 x 24.3 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower center: "Midsummer night"
Signed in graphite, lower right: "J M Wright"; not dated
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1976.1.504
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- A Midsummer Night's Dream, play by William Shakespeare | actors | cap | columns | court (social group) | crowns | dresses | feather | figure study | gesturing | hose (hosiery) | literary theme | men | mitre | palace | palm frond | performance | play | plays by William Shakespeare | The Winter's Tale, play by William Shakespeare | wedding | women
- Associated People:
- Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
- 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:34771
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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. 58, no. 165, PR2933 Y25 A74 c.1 (YCBA) [YCBA]
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