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John Flaxman, 1755–1826, British, Seventeen Sketches chiefly of Mrs. Siddons in the Roles of Titania or Constance (King John) and including a Sketch of Kemble as Hamlet and a Study of Puck, ca. 1795
- Title:
- Seventeen Sketches chiefly of Mrs. Siddons in the Roles of Titania or Constance (King John) and including a Sketch of Kemble as Hamlet and a Study of Puck
- Date:
- ca. 1795
- Materials & Techniques:
- Album of pen and ink sketches on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 10 1/2 x 7 3/8in. (26.7 x 18.7cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Curties & Sons 1794 [watermark on title page]
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.1897-1913
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors-Sketchbooks
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- figure study | literary theme
- Associated People:
- Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
Siddons (née Kemble), Sarah (1755–1831), actress - Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:14234
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Romantics & Revolutionaries : Regency Portraits from the National Portrait Gallery (Yale Center for British Art, 2003-01-23 - 2003-03-30) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition] [Exhibition Description]
Deanna Petherbridge, The primacy of drawing : Histories and theories of practice, , Yale University Press, New Haven, 2010, p.199, pl. 141, NC53 P48 2010 + (YCBA) [YCBA]
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