Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
James Smetham, 1821–1889, British
Title:
Imogen and the Shepherds, 'Cymbeline,' Act IV, scene II
Date:
ca. 1874
Materials & Techniques:
Oil over ink on panel
Dimensions:
4 3/4 x 12 9/16 inches (12.1 x 31.9 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Signed, black paint, lower left: "J.Smetham-"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1981.25.575
Classification:
Paintings
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Subject Terms:
sleeping | dead | literary theme | mourning | shepherds | men | illustration | hills | trees | cave | forest | hat | chemise dress | girl | staffs | landscape | death | Cymbeline, Act IV, Scene II | plays by William Shakespeare | Cymbeline, play by William Shakespeare
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Shakespeare on Canvas (Yale Center for British Art, 2012-01-02 - 2012-06-30)

Shakespeare and British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-04-23 - 1981-07-05)
Publications:
Malcolm Cormack, Concise Catalogue of Paintings in the Yale Center for British Art, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1985, pp. 204-205, N590.2 A83 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:1055