Falstaff hiding in the buckbasket [graphic] / after Rev. Matthew William Peters.
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Title
Falstaff hiding in the buckbasket [graphic] / after Rev. Matthew William Peters.
Created/published
Early nineteenth century.
Description
1 painting on canvas : oil ; 58.1 x 44 cm
Associated name
Peters, Matthew William, 1741 or 1742-1814, artist.
Material base
canvas
Note
Original painting: Peter's original canvas was painted for Boydell's Shakespeare Gallery and was first exhibited in 1791 (no. LVII). It is now in the Museo de Arte de Ponce, Fundacion Luis A. Ferre, Ponce, Puerto Rico (98 x 70 in.)
Engraving after original: P. Simon, published 24 December 1793, 25 1/2 x 18 1/8 in. (21 7/8 x 15 5/8 in., image)
Title from Pressly.
Engraving after original: P. Simon, published 24 December 1793, 25 1/2 x 18 1/8 in. (21 7/8 x 15 5/8 in., image)
Title from Pressly.
Source of acquisition
Maggs Bros., Rare Books, Prints and Autographs, 34-35 Conduit St., New Bond St., London, March 1925, £105 for this and D31, as by William Hamilton.
Cited/described in
Pressly, W.L. Paintings in the Folger Shakespeare Library, 50
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Digital image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library FPb36
Genre/form
Paintings.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England.
Item Details
Call number
FPb36
Folger-specific note
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Folger accession
cs1386