Frederic Leighton, 1830–1896, British, The Reconciliation of the Montagues and the Capulets, 1854
- Title:
- The Reconciliation of the Montagues and the Capulets
- Date:
- 1854
- Medium:
- Watercolor with gouache over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 15 9/16 x 20 3/4 inches (39.6 x 52.7 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Watermark: I HONIG LION (lion similar to the one in Churchill 159)
Signed and dated in brown ink, lower right: "18 FL [monogram] 54"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1976.1.56
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- architectural subject | boots | breeches | capitals | chisel | city | cloaks | columns | crying | daggers | dress | fire | flowers (plants) | gesturing | grief | hats | helmets | lantern | lattice | literary theme | lovers | men | owl | pillar | pincers | play | plays by William Shakespeare | purses | railing | Romeo and Juliet, play by William Shakespeare | roundel (architectural element) | sadness | sarcophagus | sheaths | shoes | shovel | smoke | spears | staff | steps | stockings | suicide | swords | tomb | torchieres | tunics | veil | watchmen | wedding dress | women
- Associated Places:
- Europe | Italy | Verona
- Associated People:
- Prince Escalus (character in Romeo and Juliet)
Juliet (character in Romeo and Juliet)
Romeo (character in Romeo and Juliet)
Lord Capulet (character in Romeo and Juliet)
The Nurse (character in Romeo and Juliet)
Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
Friar Laurence (character in Romeo and Juliet)
Lord Montague (character in Romeo and Juliet)
Balthasar (character in Romeo and Juliet) - 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)
- Publications:
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A brush with Shakespeare, the bard in painting, 1780-1910 , Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Montgomery, AL, 1985, pp. 18-19, fig. 23, PR2883 B78 oversize (YCBA)
- Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:6313
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