Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Robert Smirke, 1752–1845, British
Title:
Bust of Shakespeare
Date:
1825
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite, pen and ink, brown wash, and gouache on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper pasted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 3/4 x 5 13/16 inches (22.2 x 14.7 cm)
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.3445
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
flowers (plants) | statue | mantle | portrait | carving | collar | bust | columns | sculpture | moustache
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
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, p. 45, no. 118, PR2933 Y25 A74 c.1 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:29438