Henry Woodward as Petruchio in Catherine and Petruchio, a version by Garrick of "The Taming of the Shrew"
Date:
between 1773 and 1774
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
50 x 40 inches (127 x 101.6 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Label on verso, upper center: "Tho.s Agnew & Sons Ltd | [logo] No 36289 | By appointment | To his late Majesty King George VI | Fine Art Publishers Thos. Agnew | & Sons Ltd. London | London, | 43 Old Bond Street, | Piccadilly W1X4BA"; center: "Benjamin van der Gucht 1794 | 51 [italics] Henry Woodward in the Character of Petruchio [non italics] | Canvas, 50 by 40 inches, 127 by 101·5 cms. | Collection: Presented by the artist to the Lock Hospital, with whom the | painting remained until after 1906. | Exhibited: Royal Academy, 1774, No. 305."; center, handwritten: "201"; lower right: "Pitt & Scott Ltd | London | F. [handwritten] 4993 | [typed] 4878"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1973.1.19
Classification:
Paintings
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Subject Terms:
theater | tricorne | costume | curtain | actor | lace | man | literary theme | feather | drapery | performance | red | pose | sword | comedy | The Taming of the Shrew, play by William Shakespeare
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Shakespeare and British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-04-23 - 1981-07-05)
Publications:
Geoffrey Ashton, Shakespeare and British Art, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1981, pp. 53-4, 85, no. 157, PR2933 Y25 A74 c.1 (YCBA)Malcolm Cormack, Concise Catalogue of Paintings in the Yale Center for British Art, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1985, pp. 108-109, N590.2 .A83 (YCBA)