Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Mary Hoare, 1744–1820, British
Title:
Ophelia's Death
Date:
ca. 1781
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with gouache, black ink, and scraping over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper mounted on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper with reminants of contemporary drawn border
Dimensions:
Mount: 22 9/16 x 17 13/16 inches (57.3 x 45.3 cm)
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.4.1975
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
climbing | literary theme | drowning | stream | dress | sash | scarf | slippers | woman | suicide | death | garlands | trees | forest | flowers (plants) | Hamlet, play by William Shakespeare | plays by William Shakespeare | play
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. 29, 87, no. 79, PR2933 Y25 A74 c.1 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:9820