Mary Hoare, 1744–1820, British, Lady Percy Watching the Sleeping Hotspur, 1781
- Title:
- Lady Percy Watching the Sleeping Hotspur
- Additional Title(s):
- Henry IV Part I, Act II, Scene IV
- Part Of:
- Date:
- 1781
- Materials & Techniques:
- Watercolor with black ink and scraping over graphite on thick, slightly textured cream laid paper mounted on moderately thick, slightly textured cream laid paper with contemporary drawn border
- Dimensions:
- Mount: 24 x 19 1/8 inches (61 x 48.6 cm), Contemporary drawn border: 24 x 19 1/8 inches (61 x 48.6 cm), Sheet: 22 7/16 x 17 1/2 inches (57 x 44.4 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Signed and dated in black ink, lower left: "MH | 1781"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1975.4.1976
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- bed | bedroom | book | chains | concern | curtains | dress | fear | flames | Henry IV Part I, Act II, Scene IV | Henry IV, part I by William Shakespeare | husband | literary theme | love | man | night | play | plays by William Shakespeare | sheets | sleeping | table | veil | wife | woman
- Associated People:
- Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
Hotspur (Henry Percy), character in Henry IV, Part I
Kate, Lady Percy - Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:9821
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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. 28, 87, no. 74, PR2933 Y25 A74 c.1 (YCBA) [YCBA]
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