Malvolio [graphic] / H.H.

Malvolio [graphic] / H.H.

1879.

1 drawing : watercolor ; 22 x 15 in.

paper

Artist: Artist's full name and identification is derived from provenance information. Herkomer was a popular late Victorian artist who executed several noteworthy portraits and numerous subject paintings. He was elected RA in 1890 and served as Slade professor of fine arts at Oxford, 1885-1894. He designed scenery for his own theatrical productions and is noted by Christopher Innes as being an influential figure in the work of E. Gordon Craig. (Innes gives Herkomer's birthdate as 1846, see Eward Gordon Craig, 1983).

Full figure, Malvolio stands profiled to right, reading a letter. Item has been removed from a gold mat which labeled the painting with above noted title. In ink on verso: '2 (sp 18)'. The remnants of another signature and date can be seen in the bottom right corner. The signature has been well erased and is no longer legible.

Provenance: Item was purchased by the Folgers from Maggs Bros., July 21, 1927.

Subject: Subject is drawn from Shakespeare's Twelfth night, Act II Sc. 5.

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Great Britain -- England.

ART Box H548.5 no.1 (size L)

cs1698