Study for Titania, Puck and the Changeling [graphic] / Painted by G. Romney.
1793
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Title
Study for Titania, Puck and the Changeling [graphic] / Painted by G. Romney.
Created/published
1793.
Description
1 painting on cardboard mounted on canvas : oil ; 27.3 x 36 cm + frame ca. 20 x 19.5 in. incl. box with mourning ring.
Associated name
Romney, George, 1734-1802, artist.
Hamilton, Emma, Lady, 1765-1815, former owner.
Braham, John, former owner.
Sabin, F., former owner.
Samuel, former owner.
Hamilton, Emma, Lady, 1765-1815, former owner.
Braham, John, former owner.
Sabin, F., former owner.
Samuel, former owner.
Note
Beneath the frame is attached a small box containg a mourning ring in the memory of Lord Nelson. Inscribed to the left: "THIS PICTURE WITH THE MOURNING / RING IN MEMORY OF LORD NELSON / WAS GIVEN TO JOHN BRAHAM / BY LADY HAMILTON." To the right: "LADY HAMILTON AS TITANIA, / WITH PUCK & THE CHANGELING. / PAINTED BY G. ROMNEY, / THE ORIGINAL SKETCH." A photograph of the picture made in 1927 showing an earlier frame with a similar inscription is in the Witt Library, London.
Incorrectly listed in Pressly as having been exhibited at the Folger in "The Kemble Family: A Theatrical Dynasty," 1985.
Title from Pressly.
Incorrectly listed in Pressly as having been exhibited at the Folger in "The Kemble Family: A Theatrical Dynasty," 1985.
Title from Pressly.
Publications about material
Engravings: For prints after the Dublin picture, see Ward and Roberts 1904, p. 195. The earliest of these prints was by Edward Scriven and published on 1 December 1810 by Longman & Co. It appears in John Britton's The Fine Arts of the English School (London, 1812)
Condition
The squares are approximately 1 5/16 inches a side. Ultraviolet light reveals a fair amount of retouching in the sky and in the foliage in the background
Provenance
Provenance: Presented to Lady Hamilton by the artist?; presented to John Braham by Lady Hamilton; Braham sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, Auctioneers, 8 King St., St. James's Square, London, 9 February 1889, lot 40, bought by Samuel, £94.10.0; Raphael sale, Christie's, 29 May 1927, lot 91, £304.10.0, bought by F. Sabin.
Source of acquisition
Bought by Folger from Gabriel Wells, Importer and Dealer, 145 W. 57th St., New York; 489 5th Ave. [1923], March 1928, $3850.
Exhibited
Exhibited: Amherst, Mead Art Building, Amherst College, "A Midsummer Night's Dream," (no catalogue), 1951; Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 'As imagination bodies forth...' [paintings] Oct. 28, 1993-Feb.15, 1994, no. 54; Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, "Designs from Fancy: George Romney's Shakespearean Drawings," 1998-1999, no.83.
Cited/described in
Pressly, W.L. Paintings in the Folger Shakespeare Library, 54 (Plate 9)
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Genre/form
Paintings.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England.
Item Details
Call number
FPa48 (rack D-1A)
Folger-specific note
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