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James Northcote, 1746–1831, British, Master Betty as Hamlet, before a bust of Shakespeare, between 1804 and 1806

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Creator:

James Northcote, 1746–1831, British

Title:

Master Betty as Hamlet, before a bust of Shakespeare

Date:

between 1804 and 1806

Medium:

Oil on canvas

Dimensions:

Support (PTG): 22 x 16 inches (55.9 x 40.6 cm)

Credit Line:

Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

Copyright Status:

Accession Number:

B1975.5.5

Classification:

Paintings

Collection:

Paintings and Sculpture

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Subject Terms:

black | brazier (metalworker) | burning | bust | chalice | column (architectural element) | costume | curtain | Hamlet, play by William Shakespeare | incense burner | literary theme | man | mask | sculpture | shadow | shield | smoke | step | theater (discipline)

Associated People:

Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
Betty, William Henry West (1791–1874), actor
Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet

Access:

Not on view

Exhibition History:

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Shakespeare and British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-04-23 - 1981-07-05)

Shakespeare in Art (Dulwich Picture Gallery, 2003-07-16 - 2003-10-19)

Shakespeare in Art (Ferrara Galleries of Modern & Contemporary Art, 2003-02-15 - 2003-06-15)

Shakespeare on Canvas (Yale Center for British Art, 2012-01-02 - 2012-06-30)

Picture Talking: James Northcote and the Fables (Yale Center for British Art, 2014-10-02 - 2014-12-14)

Publications:

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Elizabeth A. Fay, Fashioning faces, the portraitive mode in British romanticism , University of New Hampshire Press University Press of New England, Durham, N.H. Hanover, N.H., 2010, pp. 240-41, fig. 5.4, PR457 .F34 2009 (YCBA)

Mark (Andrew Mark), Ledbury, James Northcote, history painting, and the Fables, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 2014, pp. 118, 120-21, 126, 148, fig. 106, NJ18.N79 L43 2014 (YCBA)

Jane Martineau, Shakespeare in art, Merrell, London, New York, 2003, pp. 138, 139, 204, no. 40, PR2883 .S52513 2003 OVERSIZE (YCBA)

Jane Martineau, Shakespeare nell'arte, Arte, Ferrara, 2003, pp. 212, 213, no. 39, PR2883 .S525 2003 OVERSIZE (YCBA)

Link:

https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:215

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