The Lumley portrait of Shakespeare [graphic].
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Title
The Lumley portrait of Shakespeare [graphic].
Created/published
[Eighteenth century]
Description
1 painting on canvas : oil ; 45 x 36 cm
Associated name
Waters, Ralph, former owner.
Waters, Thomas, former owner.
Rippon, George, former owner.
Fenwick, John, former owner.
Burdett-Coutts, Angela Georgina, 1814-1906, former owner.
Scarborough, Earl of, former owner.
Waters, Thomas, former owner.
Rippon, George, former owner.
Fenwick, John, former owner.
Burdett-Coutts, Angela Georgina, 1814-1906, former owner.
Scarborough, Earl of, former owner.
Material base
canvas
Note
Title from Pressly.
Publications about material
Spielmann 1910; Salaman 1916, p. 6, repr. p. 9; Spielmann 1921a; Spielmann 1921b, p. 428; Spielmann 1922, p. 624, repr.; Marder 1963, pp. 204-05.
Engravings: Chromolithograph by Vincent Brooks, published by Henry Graves & Company, 1 July 1862, 17 1/2 x 14 in. (an impression is in ART Vol. d99, vol. 9)
Engravings: Chromolithograph by Vincent Brooks, published by Henry Graves & Company, 1 July 1862, 17 1/2 x 14 in. (an impression is in ART Vol. d99, vol. 9)
Provenance
Provenance: According to the 1922 sale catalogue, sold with other pictures from Lumley Castle in 1785, but repurchased by the earl of Scarborough, the descendant of Lord Lumley who had inherited the collection; in 1807 bought by Ralph Waters, an artist of Newcastle; bequeathed to his brother Thomas Waters; sold by him to George Rippon of Waterville, North Shields, before 1853; bequeathed or sold to John Fenwick of Preston House, North Shields; bought in by Fenwick when he attempted to sell the painting at Christie's in 1874; sold by him to Baroness Burdett-Coutts in 1875 for 50 guineas, H. Wagner acting as agent; Burdett-Coutts sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, Auctioneers, 8 King St., St. James's Square, London, 4 May 1922, lot 132, repr., 300 guineas.
Source of acquisition
Bought by Folger from Gabriel Wells, Importer and Dealer, 145 W. 57th St., New York; 489 5th Ave. [1923] through Sabin, June 1922, $1750.
Exhibited
Exhibited: New York, Crystal Palace, "Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations," 1853, no. 5, as "Oil Portrait of Shakespeare, (Probably an early copy from the 'Chandos.')"; Stratford-upon-Avon, 1864, no. 123 (amended in pencil to "126"); London, The New Gallery, "Exhibition of the Royal House of Tudor," no. 390.
Washington, D.C. Folger Shakespeare Library, 2016. Will and Jane: Shakespeare, Austen and the Cult of Celebrity.
Washington, D.C. Folger Shakespeare Library, 2016. Will and Jane: Shakespeare, Austen and the Cult of Celebrity.
Cited/described in
Pressly, W.L. Paintings in the Folger Shakespeare Library, 156
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Genre/form
Portrait paintings.
Item Details
Call number
FPs23
Folger-specific note
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Folger accession
cs1210