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Creator:
Theodor von Holst, 1810–1844
Title:
Prospero Watching Ferdinand and Miranda
Additional Title(s):
Verso: Composition Reversed
Date:
ca. 1840
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite with black chalk and gray wash on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 5/8 × 7 1/8 inches (21.9 × 18.1 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:

Signed on verso in graphite, lower left: "T Von Holst"; not dated

Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1976.1.50
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
cell | cloak | correctional institution | curtains | daughter | drapery | father | figure study | gesture | hood | literary theme | lovers | men | nudes | plays by William Shakespeare | prison | sash | spying | steps | The Tempest, Act III, Scene I | watching | woman
Associated People:
Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
Prospero (character in The Tempest)
Miranda (character in The Tempest)
Ferdinand (character in The Tempest)
Access:
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:10273
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The Romantic Art of Theodor von Holst (Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum, 1994-06-11 - 1994-07-23) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]

The Romantic Art of Theodor von Holst (Hazlitt, Gooden & Fox, Ltd., 1994-05-05 - 1994-06-01) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]

Shakespeare in Western Art (Takamatsu City Museum of Art, 1993-01-09 - 1993-02-08) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]

Shakespeare in Western Art (Kintetsu Museum of Art, 1993-01-09 - 1993-02-02) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]

Shakespeare in Western Art (Museum of Modern Art, Ibaraki, 1992-11-28 - 1992-12-23) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]

Shakespeare in Western Art (Isetan Museum of Art, 1992-10-29 - 1992-11-24) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]

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. 32, 119, no. 87, PR2933 Y25 A74 c.1 (YCBA) [YCBA]


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