Richard Westall, 1765–1836, British, Alcibiades and Timon, ca. 1805
- Title:
- Alcibiades and Timon
- Part Of:
- Date:
- ca. 1805
- Materials & Techniques:
- Watercolor with gouache and black ink over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 13 1/8 × 10 1/16 inches (33.3 × 25.6 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso in brown ink, lower center: "William Forster"; in graphite, lower center: "P | 124-14=107"
Signed in brown ink, lower right: "R Westall"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1976.1.62
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- armor | beard | brooch | cape | cave | digging | frieze (entablature component) | gesture | gloves | helmet | literary theme | men | plays by William Shakespeare | plume | robe | sandals | shovel | Timon of Athens, Act IV, Scene III | trees | turban
- Associated People:
- Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
Timon of Athens (ca. 431 BC–404 BC)
Alcibiades (c. 450–404 BC), Athenian statesman, orator, and general - 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:9572
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Shakespeare and British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-04-23 - 1981-07-05) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
Geoffrey Ashton, Shakespeare and British Art, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1981, pp. 54, 106, no. 158, PR2933 Y25 A74 c.1 (YCBA) [YCBA]
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