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Shakespeare
The plays of William Shakespeare (1564-1616) have provided artists since the mid 18th century with scenes to visually explore character, present costumes and settings and stimulate discussions among other artists, critics and devotees of a particular play. The artist can probe the innermost aspirations, desires or ambitions of a person. Or the artists can reveal an amusing or perplexing situation. Some paintings include portraits of famous actors in their Shakespearean roles. The late 18th and 19th centuries were the heyday of historical and literary painting, and Shakespeare’s written word took visual form in paintings for contemporary audiences.
Portrait of David Garrick as Richard III (Act V)
Sir Nathaniel Dance-Holland,R.A.
(1734-1811)
Oil on canvas
37 ½ x 23 ¼ inches
41 ¼ x 27 inches, framed
The Three Witches from Macbeth
Alexandre-Marie Colin
(1798-1875)
Oil on Canvas
Signed and dated ‘Roma 1827'
29 ½ x 39 ½ inches
47 ½ x 37 ¾ inches, framed
The Dinner Scene from The Taming of the Shrew
Augustus Leopold Egg, R.A.
(1816-1863)
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated 1860
16 x 27 inches
21 ¾ x 33 inches, framed
Exhibited: London, Royal Academy, 1860, no. 275
Manchester, Royal Jubilee Exhibition, 1887, no. 713
Shakespeare and His Contemporaries
John Faed, R,S.A.
(1820-1902)
Oil on canvas
Signed
53 x 68 inches
61 ½ x 75 inches, framed
Scene From Measure for Measure Act IV, scene 1
Phillip Hermogenes Calderon, R.A.
(1833-1898)
Oil on canvas
Signed
27 ¾ x 35 ¾ inches
39 ½ x 46 ¾ inches, framed
Exhibited: Royal Academy, London, 1873, no. 126
Touchstone, Audry and William
William Knight Keeling
(1807-1886)
Oil on panel (a smaller version on canvas which is
16 x 20½ inches exists)
Signed
27 ¼ x 33 ½ inches
31 ¼ x 38 inches, framed
Exhibited: Royal Academy, London, 1855, no. 1277
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Falstaff and Mistress Quickly from The Merry Wives of Windsor
Francis Philip Stephanoff
(1790-1860)
Watercolor
Signed
9 ¾ x 13 ¾ inches
18 ⅝ x 22 ⅛ inches, framed
Falstaff and Prince Hal
(A Scene from William Shakespeare’s
Henry IV, Part I - Act II, Scene iv)
John Cawse
(1779-1862)
Oil on canvas
Signed
27 x 32 ½ inches
36 x 41 ½ inches, framed
