- Title:
- Literary Characters Assembled Around the Medallion of Shakespeare
- Date:
- 1776
- Materials & Techniques:
- Pen and black ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 8 1/4 x 11 1/4 inches (21 x 28.6 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen black ink, lower left: "a fellow of Maudlin"
Collector's mark, verso: Paul Mellon
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1975.4.1346
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- books | caricature | hands | heads | literary theme | medallion (ornament area) | men | portrait | satyr | sleeping
- Associated People:
- Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
- 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:11390
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Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition] [Exhibition Description]
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English Caricature - 1620 to the Present (Yale Center for British Art, 1985-09-01 - 1985-11-13) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
English Caricature - 1620 to the Present (Victoria and Albert Museum, 1985-06-04 - 1985-09-05) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
English Caricature - 1620 to the Present (National Gallery of Canada, 1985-02-26 - 1985-05-10) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
English Caricature - 1620 to the Present (The Library of Congress, 1984-11-13 - 1985-02-26) [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. 35, 86, no. 92, PR2933 Y25 A74 c.1 (YCBA) [YCBA]
Lowell Libson and Jonny Yarker Ltd, 2019[/]2020, Lowell Libson & Jonny Yarker Ltd., London, p. 30, DealerCat Lowell Libson Ltd. [ORBIS]
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