Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
George Cruikshank, 1792–1878, British
Title:
The First Appearance of William Shakespeare on the Stage of the Globe Theatre
Date:
1864 to 1865
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
27 7/8 x 21 7/8 inches (70.8 x 55.6 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Dated in brown paint, lower right: "and this Drawing made by him in 1864 & 5"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.5.25
Classification:
Paintings
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Subject Terms:
portrait | antlers | armor | stage | cradle (child's bed) | theater (discipline) | literary theme | king (person) | anniversary | people | mask | child | crown (costume component) | Victorian | theater | costume | rocks (landforms) | bat (animal) | curtains | proscenium arch | fairies | comedies | tragedies
Associated Places:
England | London | United Kingdom
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:
Geoffrey Ashton, Shakespeare and British Art, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1981, pp. 14-5, no. 39, PR2933 Y25 A74 c.1 (YCBA)

Malcolm Cormack, Concise Catalogue of Paintings in the Yale Center for British Art, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1985, pp. 74-75, N590.2 A83 (YCBA)

David Mayer, Documents of Performance, George Cruikshank, The First Appearance of William Shakespeare on the Stage of the Globe with Part of his Dramatic Company in 1564 , Nineteenth Century Theatre and Film, vol. 30, no 1, Summer, 2003, pp. 53-64, Plate 8, PN2580 N55 (SML Also available online (Orbis)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:234