Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Henry William Bunbury, 1750–1811, British
Title:
The Duel: 'Twelfth Night,' Act III, Scene IV
Date:
ca. 1790
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, pen and gray ink, red ink, black ink, brown ink, gum arabic, graphite, and white gouache on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper, mounted on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 22 1/8 × 16 13/16 inches (56.2 × 42.7 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite,verso, center: "28 x 22 (underlined)"; lower left (along paper edge), in brown pen: "Print Hallen 42", in graphite: "George says this is by Bunbury (underlined) | 28 1/4 x 22 mows for Fildere"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1976.1.27
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
swords | spears | hose | capes | belts | breeches | hats | fences | garden | duel | fur | officers | actors | fear | trees | orchard | tassels | feathers | gate | arch | tricking | literary theme | fighting | Twelfth Night, Act III, Scene IV | plays by William Shakespeare | Twelfth Night; or, What You Will, 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. 9, 94, no. 28, PR2933 Y25 A74 c.1 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:13152