Romeo and Juliet, act V, scene III [graphic] : Monument belonging to the Capulets : Romeo and Paris dead, Juliet and Friar Laurence / Painted by Mr. Northcote, R.A.
1790
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Title
Romeo and Juliet, act V, scene III [graphic] : Monument belonging to the Capulets : Romeo and Paris dead, Juliet and Friar Laurence / Painted by Mr. Northcote, R.A.
Variant title
Sotheby's title: Friar Lawrence at Capulet's tomb
Created/published
[1790]
Description
1 painting : oil on canvas ; 274 x 335 cm
Associated name
Material base
canvas
Note
Title and statement of responsibility from Boydell Shakespeare Gallery catalog, 1790, no. LVI.
Undated, but first appeared in the Shakespeare Gallery in 1790. Dated 1789 in Parma exhibition catalog.
Engraved by P. Simon and J. Heath for the Boydell Shakespeare Gallery, 1792.
Framed in a replica Boydell Shakespeare Gallery frame.
Undated, but first appeared in the Shakespeare Gallery in 1790. Dated 1789 in Parma exhibition catalog.
Engraved by P. Simon and J. Heath for the Boydell Shakespeare Gallery, 1792.
Framed in a replica Boydell Shakespeare Gallery frame.
Publications about material
S. Gwynn, Memories of an 18th Century Painter, 1898, p. 273, no. 254; W. M. Merchant, Shakespeare and the Artist, 1959, p. 238; W. H Friedman, Boydell's Shakespeare Gallery, New York (Garland)
Provenance
Painted for 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 51, to G. Stainforth Esq for £210; Lord Northbrook, Stratton Park; Stratton Park sale, 27 November 1929, lot 492; P.D. Colnaghi & Co. Ltd. (as of 1997).
Source of acquisition
Lot 137 at Sotheby's London Old Master & Early British Paintings sale 29 October 2009: GBP 15,000 hammer (GBP 18,750 with Buyer's Premium).
Exhibited
Exhibited: Boydell Shakespeare Gallery, London, 1790-1805; The Painted Word, British History Painting 1750-1830, Heim Gallery, 1991, no. 66; Füssli pittore di Shakespeare, Fondazione Magnani Rocca, Parma, Italy, 6 September-7 December 1997, no. 84, as "Un monumento funebre della famiglia Capuleti, Romeo e Paride morti; Giulietta e frate Lorenzo"
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Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England.
Item Details
Call number
ART 265225 (framed)
Folger accession
265225