Sir John Gilbert, 1817–1897, British, Apotheosis of Shakespeare's Characters, 1871
- Title:
- Apotheosis of Shakespeare's Characters
- Date:
- 1871
- Materials & Techniques:
- Watercolor, gouache, pen and black ink, and graphite on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted on wood panel
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 41 x 28 inches (104.1 x 71.1 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Signed and dated in brown ink, lower left: "John Gilbert A R A | 1871.2"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1976.1.51
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- apotheosis | armor | baskets | beards | capes (outerwear) | children | costume | crowns (costume components) | donkey | fire | gesture | glorification | infants | kings (people) | knife (weapon) | literary theme | men | obese | putti | relief | robes | scepters | shepherds | shields | spears (weapons) | tricking | tunics | women
- Associated People:
- Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
Iago (character in Othello, the Moor of Venice)
Arthur I (1187–1203), duke of Brittany
Miranda (character in The Tempest)
Shakespearean fool
Perdita (character in The Winter's Tale)
Puck (character in A Midsummer Night's Dream)
Prospero (character in The Tempest)
Bottom (character in A Midsummer Night's Dream)
Wolsey, Thomas (1470/71–1530), royal minister, archbishop of York, and cardinal
Henry IV (1367–1413), king of England and lord of Ireland, and duke of Aquitaine
King Lear (character in King Lear)
Shylock (character in The Merchant of Venice)
Portia (character in The Merchant of Venice)
Caliban (The Tempest)
characters
Desdemona (character in Othello)
Sir John Falstaff
Mistress Ford (character in The Merry Wives of Windsor)
Ophelia (character in Hamlet)
Mistress Page (character in The Merry Wives of Windsor)
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
Othello (character in Othello, the Moor of Venice)
Henry VIII (1491–1547), king of England and Ireland
Ariel (character in The Tempest) - Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:10103
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Shakespeare and British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-04-23 - 1981-07-05) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
Geoffrey Ashton, Shakespeare and British Art, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1981, pp. 20, 126, no. 51, PR2933 Y25 A74 c.1 (YCBA) [YCBA]
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