The Duke of York discovering his son Aumerle's treachery [graphic] / William Hamilton.

Late 1790s.

1 painting on canvas : oil ; 79.7 x 56 cm

canvas

Title from Pressly.

Friedman 1976, p. 188, n. 380, and p. 224.
Engravings: James Stow, published 4 June 1800 for 1802 Boydell edition of Shakespeare's plays, facing p. 96 of King Richard II.

Provenance: Commissioned by Alderman John Boydell for the Shakespeare Gallery; sold by lottery 28 January 1805 and won by William Tassie; sold by Christie 20 May 1805, lot 9, as "The Duke and Duchess of York and Aumerle-finely drawn and coloured," bought by Henry Tresham, R.A., for 10 guineas (£10.10.0); Knott's Art Repository, 55 Yorkshire Street, Oldham (this information derived from printed label at top center of frame); purchased by John Anderson, Jr., from Messrs. Robinson & Fisher, London.

John Anderson, Jr., sale, American Art Galleries, 6 April 1916, lot 18, as by Stothard, $110 plus 10 percent commission, Morris acting as agent.

Exhibited: Boydell Shakespeare Gallery, "A Catlogue of the Pictures &c. in the Shakespeare Gallery, Pall-Mall", and "A Catalogue of Small Pictures Painted for the Shakespeare Gallery, Pall-Mall" (only one number sequence for both large and small paintings), 1802, no. 122; Boydell Shakespeare Gallery, "The Exhibition of the Shakspeare Galley, Pall-Mall" (last time paintings were shown together; preparatory to their sale), 1805, no. 65.
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2007. Marketing Shakespeare.

Pressly, W.L. Paintings in the Folger Shakespeare Library, 33

Great Britain -- England.

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