Shakespeare composing while looking outward; Shakespeare composing while looking up to his right; Shakespeare composing while looking up to his left [graphic] / Geo. Henry Hall / 1894?.
1894
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Title
Shakespeare composing while looking outward; Shakespeare composing while looking up to his right; Shakespeare composing while looking up to his left [graphic] / Geo. Henry Hall / 1894?.
Created/published
1894.
Description
3 paintings in 1 frame on canvas : oil ; 25.4 x 21 cm (172a); 25.3 x 21 cm (172b); 25.3 x 21 cm (172c) + frame ca. 32.5 x 17 in.
Associated name
Hall, George Henry, 1825-1913, artist.
Anderson, Jr., John, former owner.
Hagen, Winston H., active 1916, former owner.
Anderson, Jr., John, former owner.
Hagen, Winston H., active 1916, former owner.
Note
3 in frame.
172a: Signed and dated above the left hand: "Geo. Henry Hall / '94."
172b: Signed and dated above left hand: "Geo. Henry Hall / 1891 [or 1894?]".
172c: Signed and dated above right hand: "Geo. Henry Hall / '93 [or 1894?." (The last digits of the dates in this work and no. 172b are difficult to cipher. Since the "4" is clearly legible in 172A, the presumption is that all three panels may date to this year, as they appear to have been done at the same time.)
Related works: Two drawings: 3 February 1896, 19 3/8 x 15 1/8 in., and 13 February 1896, 19 5/16 x 15 1/16 in.; 1896 painting at Stratford, 50 x 40 in. (For replica of this last picture, see no. D28.).
Title from Pressly.
172a: Signed and dated above the left hand: "Geo. Henry Hall / '94."
172b: Signed and dated above left hand: "Geo. Henry Hall / 1891 [or 1894?]".
172c: Signed and dated above right hand: "Geo. Henry Hall / '93 [or 1894?." (The last digits of the dates in this work and no. 172b are difficult to cipher. Since the "4" is clearly legible in 172A, the presumption is that all three panels may date to this year, as they appear to have been done at the same time.)
Related works: Two drawings: 3 February 1896, 19 3/8 x 15 1/8 in., and 13 February 1896, 19 5/16 x 15 1/16 in.; 1896 painting at Stratford, 50 x 40 in. (For replica of this last picture, see no. D28.).
Title from Pressly.
Provenance
Provenance: In the possession of John Anderson, Jr., as of 1914; sold to Winston H. Hagen by 1916.
Source of acquisition
When and how Folger acquired these pieces is not known.
Exhibited
Exhibited: New York, Grolier Club, "Catalogue of an Exhibition Illustrative of the TExt of Shakespeare's Plays as Published in Edited Editions," 1916, no. 431a.
Cited/described in
Pressly, W.L. Paintings in the Folger Shakespeare Library, 172a-c
Piper, David. Notes of Shakespeare Portraits at the Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, made November 1962 [typescript], no. 8
Piper, David. Notes of Shakespeare Portraits at the Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, made November 1962 [typescript], no. 8
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Genre/form
Portrait paintings.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England.
Item Details
Call number
FPs14 (rack C-2A)
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