- Title:
- Prospero Watching Ferdinand and Miranda
- Date:
- ca. 1840
- Medium:
- Graphite with black chalk and gray wash on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 8 5/8 × 7 1/8 inches (21.9 × 18.1 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Signed on verso in graphite, lower left: "T Von Holst"; not dated
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1976.1.50
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- cell | cloak | correctional institution | curtains | daughter | drapery | father | figure study | gesture | hood | literary theme | lovers | men | nudes | plays by William Shakespeare | prison | sash | spying | steps | The Tempest, Act III, Scene I | watching | woman
- Associated People:
- Ferdinand (character in The Tempest)
Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
Miranda (character in The Tempest)
Prospero (character in The Tempest) - Access:
- Accessible by request in the Study Room [Request]
Note: As a COVID-19 precaution, the Study Room is closed until further notice. - Exhibition History:
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Shakespeare and British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-04-23 - 1981-07-05)
Shakespeare in Western Art (Takamatsu City Museum of Art, 1993-01-09 - 1993-02-08)
Shakespeare in Western Art (Kintetsu Museum of Art, 1993-01-09 - 1993-02-02)
Shakespeare in Western Art (Museum of Modern Art, Ibaraki, 1992-11-28 - 1992-12-23)
Shakespeare in Western Art (Isetan Museum of Art, 1992-10-29 - 1992-11-24)
The Romantic Art of Theodor von Holst (Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum, 1994-06-11 - 1994-07-23)
The Romantic Art of Theodor von Holst (Hazlitt, Gooden & Fox, Ltd., 1994-05-05 - 1994-06-01)
- Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:10273
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Theodor von Holst, 1810–1844, British, Prospero Watching Ferdinand and Miranda, ca. 1840
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