Othello's lamentation [graphic] / W. Salter M A F. [Member of the Academy of Florence].
1857
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Title
Othello's lamentation [graphic] / W. Salter M A F. [Member of the Academy of Florence].
Created/published
ca. 1857.
Description
1 painting on canvas : oil ; 115.5 x 144 cm
Material base
canvas
Note
Title from Pressly.
Publications about material
The Athenaeum, 28 March 1857, p. 410; The Illustrated London News, 4 April 1857, p. 320; The Art Journal, 1 May 1857, p. 143.
Engravings: wood engraving, ART Vol. b54, vol. 19, p. 139: OTHELLO'S LAMENTATION. -FROM A PAINTING BY T. SALTER IN THE EXHIBITION OF THE SOCIETY OF BRITISH ARTISTS (appears to be clipped from a magazine such as the London Illustrated News)
Engravings: wood engraving, ART Vol. b54, vol. 19, p. 139: OTHELLO'S LAMENTATION. -FROM A PAINTING BY T. SALTER IN THE EXHIBITION OF THE SOCIETY OF BRITISH ARTISTS (appears to be clipped from a magazine such as the London Illustrated News)
Provenance
Provenance: Collection of W.D. MacKenzie, Fawley Court, Henley-on-Thames; his sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, Auctioneers, 8 King St., St. James's Square, London 26 April 1918, lot 153, as "Othello Lamenting over the Body of Desdemona," bought by Pickering, £7.7.0.
Source of acquisition
Edwin Parsons, Fine Art Dealer and Publisher, 5 Amersham Rd., Putney, London SW15 [1927], January 1928, £45.
Exhibited
Exhibited: London, Society of British Artists, 1857, no. 187, as "Othello's lamentation-Iago, Montano, and Gratiano. £210. 'Emilia, Nay lay thee down and roar, / For thou has killed the sweetest innocent / That e'er did lift up eyes.' Act 5th. Scene 2nd"; 'Eliz. View of Italy,' Mar.-Jun.93.
Cited/described in
Pressly, W.L. Paintings in the Folger Shakespeare Library, 55
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Genre/form
Paintings.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England.
Item Details
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FPa50
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Folger accession
cs1750