Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
William Marshall Craig, 1763 or 1764–1829, British
Title:
The Princes in the Tower
Date:
ca. 1820
Materials & Techniques:
Brown ink with gray wash and watercolor on thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 13/16 x 8 11/16 inches (27.5 x 22.1 cm)
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1976.1.33
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
killing | brothers | sleeping | men | curtains | nightshirts | sheets | boys | literary theme | tower (building division) | princes | bed (furniture) | blankets | doublet | pillows | interior | murder | bedroom | drapery | Richard III, Act IV, Scene II | plays by William Shakespeare
Associated Places:
Tower of London | United Kingdom | Greater London | England
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, pp. 13, 109, no. 35, PR2933 Y25 A74 c.1 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:8435