Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Robert Smirke, 1752–1845, British
Title:
Lady Mortimer's Welsh Song
Date:
1825
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink, brown wash, gouache, and oil, partially varnished on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper pasted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 15/16 x 4 5/16 inches (17.7 x 11 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, upper center: "Henry 4th, 1st [...]"; lower center: "Act 3 Scene 1st"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.3459
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
Welsh | singing | nobles | literary theme | sitting | figure study | men | listening | palace | drapery | women | manor | house | song | plays by William Shakespeare | Henry IV, part I by William Shakespeare
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. 49, no. 143, PR2933 Y25 A74 c.1 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:29453