Mary Hoare, 1744–1820, British, Imogen in the Cave, 'Cymbeline', Act III, Scene VI, 1782
- Title:
- Imogen in the Cave, 'Cymbeline', Act III, Scene VI
- Former Title(s):
- Cymbeline
- Date:
- 1782
- Materials & Techniques:
- Watercolor and graphite with pen and black ink on thick, slightly textured cream wove paper mounted on moderately thick, slightly textured cream laid paper with contemporary drawn border
- Dimensions:
- Mount: 23 1/16 x 18 5/16 inches (58.5 x 46.5 cm), Contemporary drawn border: 22 5/8 x 18 1/16 inches (57.5 x 45.8 cm), Sheet: 21 7/8 x 17 1/8 inches (55.6 x 43.5 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on mount in brown ink, lower center: "Imogen in the cave"; inscribed on mount in graphite, lower right: "Cymbeline"
Signed and dated in black ink, lower right: "MH | 1782"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1975.4.1980
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- cap | cape | cloaks | cross-dressing | Cymbeline, Act III, Scene VI | Cymbeline, play by William Shakespeare | gathering | gesturing | hunters | literary theme | men | plays by William Shakespeare | plumes | rocks (landforms) | sandals | spears | standing | starvation | watching | woman
- Associated Places:
- Cymru | United Kingdom | Wales
- Associated People:
- Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
Belarius (Morgan)
Guiderius (Polydore)
Arviragus (Cadwal)
Imogen (character in Cymbeline) - 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:9825
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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. 29-30, no. 83, PR2933 Y25 A74 c.1 (YCBA) [YCBA]
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