Imogen Entering the Cave, 'Cymbeline', Act III, Scene VI
Date:
1781
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with brown ink and scraping over graphite on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper with contemporary drawn border
Dimensions:
Mount: 27 5/16 x 21 7/16 inches (69.3 x 54.4 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in gray ink, lower center, on mount: "Imogen entering the cave | Best draw my sword; and if mine enemy | But fear the sword like me, he'll scarcely look on't. | Grant such a foe, good heav'ns!"; inscribed in graphite, lower right: "Cymbeline"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.4.1979
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
sandals | stockings | breeches | cape | doublet | sash | cap | skirt | sword | fear | woman | plume | cave | gaze | gesturing | cross-dressing | literary theme | rocks (landforms) | Cymbeline, play by William Shakespeare | plays by William Shakespeare | Cymbeline, Act III, Scene VI
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, p. 29, no. 82, PR2933 Y25 A74 c.1 (YCBA)