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Title
Les deux gentilhommes de Vérone [graphic].
Created/published
[Buhl, France], [1893]
Description
1 drawing : watercolor ; sheet 298 x 225 mm
Associated name
Bida, Alexandre, 1813-1895, artist.
Material base
paper
Summary
A figure wearing a woman's dress adjusts it with help of one man while three other men look on. Depicts the explanation made-up by Julia (disguised as Sebastian) for knowing that Julia is "about my stature": "at Pentecost, / When all our pageants of delight were played, / Our youth got me to play the woman's part, / And I was trimmed in Madam Julia's gown" (4.4.167-170).
Note
Title from pencil note on back of drawing.
Misidentified from 2012-2020 in Folger catalog as Taming of the shrew, act 4, scene 3.
Part of a set of watercolors by Alexandre Bida depicting scenes from Shakespeare; one watercolor in the group, a portrait of Shakespeare, is signed and dated "Bida, Bühl, 1893."
Misidentified from 2012-2020 in Folger catalog as Taming of the shrew, act 4, scene 3.
Part of a set of watercolors by Alexandre Bida depicting scenes from Shakespeare; one watercolor in the group, a portrait of Shakespeare, is signed and dated "Bida, Bühl, 1893."
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Digital image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library ART Box B584 no.25
Genre/form
Watercolors.
Place of creation/publication
France -- Buhl.
Item Details
Call number
ART Box B584 no.25 (size S)
Folger accession
cs1931