The Staunton portrait of Shakespeare [graphic].
1770
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Title
The Staunton portrait of Shakespeare [graphic].
Created/published
ca. 1770s.
Description
1 painting on canvas : oil ; 76.3 x 64 cm
Associated name
Staunton, William, father of, active approximately 1777, former owner.
Whitcombe, A., former owner.
Whitcombe, A., former owner.
Material base
canvas
Note
Formerly the 'Peel' portrait.
Title from Pressly.
Title from Pressly.
Publications about material
Wivell 1827, Supplement, p. 37, n.; Wivell 1840, p. 24, n.; M. H. Spielmann, "the Jansen, or Somerset, Portrait of Shakespeare: The More Important Copies," Connoisseur 28 (November 1910), pp. 151-58, repr.
Provenance
Provenance: Father of William Staunton, Longbridge, Warwickshire, around 1777; sold by Staunton family to A. Whitcombe, Clarence Street, Cheltenham, and Stratford-upon-Avon, 1909.
Source of acquisition
Bought by Folger from Sawyer, November 1923, £200.
Exhibited
Exhibited: Stratford-upon-Avon, 1864, no. 115 (amended in pencil to read 118), as painted by C. Jansen, lent by J. Staunton.
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, 161
Piper, David. Notes of Shakespeare Portraits at the Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, made November 1962 [typescript], no. 32
Piper, David. Notes of Shakespeare Portraits at the Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, made November 1962 [typescript], no. 32
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Genre/form
Portrait paintings.
Item Details
Call number
FPs18
Folger-specific note
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Folger accession
cs1188?