Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Robert Smirke, 1752–1845, British
Title:
Falstaff Dragging the Body of Hotspur
Date:
1825
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink with brown wash and gouache over graphite with gum on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 3/8 x 4 15/16 inches (16.2 x 12.5 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower center: "5 Scene 4"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.3460
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
hat | figure study | feather | battlefield | trees | dragging | men | soldiers | carrying | field | literary theme | body | wound | injured | plays by William Shakespeare | Henry IV, part I by William Shakespeare | Henry IV Part I, Act V, Scene IV
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. 49, 112, no. 146, PR2933 Y25 A74 c.1 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:14874