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- Title:
Prospero Watching Ferdinand and Miranda
- Additional Title(s):
Verso: Composition Reversed
- 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 appointment in the Study Room [Request]
Note: The Study Room is open by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details. - Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:10273
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