[One from] Illustrations to Shakespeare

Smirke, Robert (1752-1845)

Smirke, Mary (1779-1853)

Item type:

drawing

Technique / Medium:

drawing and watercolor

Description

This colored drawing presents five unnamed figures in an indoor setting; the central figure, her dress highlighted in white, is seated and plays a lute; surrounding her are three men and one woman (perhaps a nurse). On the wall in the background are two paintings, possibly suggesting Shakespearean scenes.

Iconclass

82
literary characters and objects
49M41
illustration ~ printed matter, book
48C8021
symbolic representations, allegories and emblems ~ dramatic literature

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Lute [3394]

RIdIM images

Image URLs

image link 1

Notes

This drawing is credited at Yale to Robert Smirke and/or his daughter Mary Smirke, who worked closely with him. Her portrait of him is owned by the Royal Academy of Arts in London. See https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/work-of-art/O2658. ------
The collection of illustrations from which this work comes was published by multiple printers and is held by the British Museum. See details at https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1859-0514-179-202

RIdIM record id

6271