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- Title:
The Reconciliation of the Montagues and the Capulets
- Additional Title(s):
The Reconciliation of the Montagues and Capulets over the Dead Bodies of Romeo and Juliet
A Churchyard, in it a Tomb Belonging to the Capulets: 'Romeo and Juliet', Act V, Scene III
- Part Of:
- Date:
- 1854
- Medium:
- Watercolor with gouache over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 15 9/16 x 20 3/4 inches (39.6 x 52.7 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Signed and dated in brown ink, lower right: "18 FL [monogram] 54"
Watermark: I HONIG LION (lion similar to the one in Churchill 159)
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1976.1.56
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- architectural subject | boots | breeches | capitals | chisel | city | cloaks | columns | crying | daggers | dress | fire | flowers (plants) | gesturing | grief | hats | helmets | lantern | lattice | literary theme | lovers | men | owl | pillar | pincers | play | plays by William Shakespeare | purses | railing | Romeo and Juliet, play by William Shakespeare | roundel (architectural element) | sadness | sarcophagus | sheaths | shoes | shovel | smoke | spears | staff | steps | stockings | suicide | swords | tomb | torchieres | tunics | veil | watchmen | wedding dress | women
- Associated Places:
- Europe | Italy | Verona
- Associated People:
- Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
Lord Montague (character in Romeo and Juliet)
Friar Laurence (character in Romeo and Juliet)
The Nurse (character in Romeo and Juliet)
Juliet (character in Romeo and Juliet)
Balthasar (character in Romeo and Juliet)
Romeo (character in Romeo and Juliet)
Prince Escalus (character in Romeo and Juliet)
Lord Capulet (character in Romeo and Juliet) - Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:6313
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