Richard Cosway, 1742–1821, British, Timon of Athens Before His Cave, ca. 1805
- Title:
- Timon of Athens Before His Cave
- Additional Title(s):
- Claudius Alone at Prayer (?)
- Part Of:
Collective Title: The Life of Timon of Athens
Collective Title: The Tragical History of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark (?)
- Date:
- ca. 1805
- Materials & Techniques:
- Graphite and black chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 9 5/8 × 7 7/16 inches (24.5 × 18.9 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower center: "Hamlet" in blue ink, on back, upper left: "1023"; in graphite, on back, upper left: "1227 (crossed out)"; in red ink, on back, upper center: "Lot 558"
Signed in brown ink, lower right: "Cosway"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1976.1.32
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- cave | cloak | Hamlet, Act III, Scene III | literary theme | man | plays by William Shakespeare | prayer | praying | sandals | The Life of Timon of Athens, play by William Shakespeare
- Associated People:
- Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
Timon (character in Timon of Athens)
Claudius (character in Hamlet) - Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:8275
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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. 12, 105, no. 33, PR2933 Y25 A74 c.1 (YCBA) [YCBA]
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