The Rustics Perform from "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 11/16 x 9 9/16 inches (14.4 x 24.3 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower center: "Midsummer night"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1976.1.504
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
feather | crowns | palace | literary theme | actors | gesturing | men | columns | dresses | figure study | wedding | cap | hose (hosiery) | mitre | performance | women | palm frond | court (social group) | play | plays by William Shakespeare | The Winter's Tale, play by William Shakespeare | A Midsummer Night's Dream, play 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. 58, no. 165, PR2933 Y25 A74 c.1 (YCBA)