The awakening of King Lear [graphic] / by Robert Smirke.
1792
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Title
The awakening of King Lear [graphic] / by Robert Smirke.
Created/published
ca. 1792.
Description
1 painting on canvas : oil ; 78.7 x 54 cm
Associated name
Smirke, Robert, 1752-1845, artist.
Tassie, William, 1777-1860, former owner.
Crome, Esq., former owner.
Tassie, William, 1777-1860, former owner.
Crome, Esq., former owner.
Material base
canvas
Note
In its original frame.
Title from Pressly.
Title from Pressly.
Publications about material
Friedman 1976, p. 212, n. 415, and p. 236.
Engravings: Anker Smith, published 6 October 1792 for 1802 Boydell edition of Shakespeare's plays, facing p. 113 of King Lear, 10 3/8 x 6 3/8 in. (image and margin); a smaller print by M. F. Geisler, 5 7/8 x 3 3/4 in. (image and margin); an outline engraving by Starling, 3 7/8 x 2 7/8 in. (image)
Engravings: Anker Smith, published 6 October 1792 for 1802 Boydell edition of Shakespeare's plays, facing p. 113 of King Lear, 10 3/8 x 6 3/8 in. (image and margin); a smaller print by M. F. Geisler, 5 7/8 x 3 3/4 in. (image and margin); an outline engraving by Starling, 3 7/8 x 2 7/8 in. (image)
Provenance
Provenance: Commissioned by Alderman John Boydell for the Shakespeare Gallery; sold by lottery 28 January 1805 and won by William Tassie; sold by Christie 18 May 1805, no. 11, as "Lear, Cordelia and Kent-a charming and elegant Picture," bought by Crome, Esq., for 10 guineas (£10.10.0)
Source of acquisition
G. Michelmore & Co., Rare Books, Autographs, Manuscripts, 5 Royal Opera Arcade, Pall Mall, London SW1, February 1922, £125 (£250 for this picture and no. 86)
Exhibited
Exhibited: London, Boydell Shakespeare Gallery, "A Catalogue of Small Pictures Painted for the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall-Mall," (bound with the 1794 edition of the catalogue of the large paintings, but the number sequence begins again at "1"), 1795, no.30; London, Boydell Shakespeare Gallery, "A Catalogue of Small PIctures Painted for the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall-Mall," (bound with the 1796 edition of the catalogue of the large paintings, but the number sequence begins again at "1"), 1796, no. 33; London, Boydell Shakespeare Gallery, "A Catlogue of the Pictures &c. in the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall-Mall" and "A Catalogue of Small Pictures Painted for the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall-Mall" (only one number sequence for both large and small paintings), 1802, no. 155; London, Boydell Shakespeare Gallery, "The Exhibition of the Shakspeare Galley, Pall-Mall," (last time paintings were shown together; preparatory to their sale), 1805, no. 42.
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2007. Marketing Shakespeare.
Washington, DC, Folger Shakespeare Library, May 2017- February 2018. Painting Shakespeare.
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2007. Marketing Shakespeare.
Washington, DC, Folger Shakespeare Library, May 2017- February 2018. Painting Shakespeare.
Cited/described in
Pressly, W.L. Paintings in the Folger Shakespeare Library, 58
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Digital image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library FPa53
Genre/form
Paintings.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England.
Item Details
Call number
FPa53
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