Malvolio dancing

Smirke, Robert (1752-1845)

Item type:

drawing

Date of creation:

1827

Height:

13.0 cm  (5 1/8 in.)

Width:

9.8 cm  (3 7/8 in.)

image: 2 13/16 x 2 5/8 inches (7.2 x 6.7 cm), and frame: 8 1/2 × 7 1/4 × 3/4 inches (21.6 × 18.4 × 1.9 cm)

Technique / Medium:

black ink with brown wash and oil on medium, smooth, cream wove paper

Description

This small drawing presents Shakespeare's Twelfth Night characters Malvolio and Sir Andrew Augecheek in a silly dancing scene.

Iconclass

83(SHAKESPEARE, Twelfth Night)
(scenes from) specific works of literature: Shakespeare, Twelfth Night
43C9
dancing
82A(MALVOLIO)
male literary characters (Malvolio)

RIdIM images

Image URLs

image link 1

RIdIM record id

6265