Lady Mortimer's Welsh song

Smirke, Robert (1752-1845)

Item type:

drawing

Date of creation:

1825

Height:

17.7 cm  (7 in.)

Width:

11.0 cm  (4 5/16 in.)

image: 13.6 x 10.1 cm

Technique / Medium:

pen and brown ink, brown wash, gouache, and oil, partially varnished on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper pasted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper

Description

Representation of Act 3, scene 1 of Shakespeare's Henry IV Part 1, in which Lady Mortimer sings a song in Welsh to her husband who is resting his head in her lap. Three other men and one woman listen. The scene ends as the men leave for battle.

Iconclass

83(SHAKESPEARE, Henry IV, part 1)
(scenes from) specific works of literature: Shakespeare, Henry IV, part 1
82AA(LADY MORTIMER)
female literary characters (LADY MORTIMER)
48C75512
female singer
48C78
listening to music

RIdIM images

Image URLs

image link 1

Notes

Inscribed in graphite, upper center: "Henry 4th, 1st [...]"; lower center: "Act 3 Scene 1st"

RIdIM record id

6354