Falstaff wooing Mistress Ford, Merry wives of Windsor, act III, sc. 3 [graphic].
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Title
Falstaff wooing Mistress Ford, Merry wives of Windsor, act III, sc. 3 [graphic].
Created/published
[19th century?]
Description
1 drawing : watercolor with varnished highlights over graphite ; 26.6 x 21 cm
Associated name
Wright, John Massey, 1777-1866, attributed name.
Material base
paper
Note
Artist: Drawing was sold to the Folgers as the work of John Masey Wright, however there is no indication in style or evidence in signature or label that this attribution is correct.
Item is glued to a board which bears label giving play, scene and quotation in inked letters (Maggs Bros. style), also labeled in pencil on verso of backing (backing to be removed by conservation lab). Surface of paint appears slightly abraded but this may have been the artist's conception. Item is not signed nor does the backing notation give the artist. Executed on J Whatmans paper, watermark can be seen of surface of picture, at right, running the length of the figure of Falstaff, date of the watermark cannot presently be discerned. Unsigned.
Provenance: Purchased by the Folgers from Maggs Bros., Nov. 1927, case 1724. Purchased with another watercolor attributed to Wright, now cataloged as Anonymous, also a scene from Merry wives (ART Box S528m4 no. 7). This item was formerly cataloged as ART Box W951 no. 28, the work of John Masey Wright.
Subject: Mistress Ford is pictured seated at a table in front of a window. She is facing slightly left and her face is turned to the viewer, her right hand is raised to her chin. Falstaff stands behind her, leaning over the back of her chair and looking down at her imploringly. The figure of Mistress Page can be seen watching through a doorway in the background. The quotation from Merry wives given on the label reads: Fal.: "I would thy husband were dead; I'll speak it before the best Lord, I would make thee my lady" Mrs. F: "I, your lady, Sir John! Alas, I should be a pitiful lady."
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Item is glued to a board which bears label giving play, scene and quotation in inked letters (Maggs Bros. style), also labeled in pencil on verso of backing (backing to be removed by conservation lab). Surface of paint appears slightly abraded but this may have been the artist's conception. Item is not signed nor does the backing notation give the artist. Executed on J Whatmans paper, watermark can be seen of surface of picture, at right, running the length of the figure of Falstaff, date of the watermark cannot presently be discerned. Unsigned.
Provenance: Purchased by the Folgers from Maggs Bros., Nov. 1927, case 1724. Purchased with another watercolor attributed to Wright, now cataloged as Anonymous, also a scene from Merry wives (ART Box S528m4 no. 7). This item was formerly cataloged as ART Box W951 no. 28, the work of John Masey Wright.
Subject: Mistress Ford is pictured seated at a table in front of a window. She is facing slightly left and her face is turned to the viewer, her right hand is raised to her chin. Falstaff stands behind her, leaning over the back of her chair and looking down at her imploringly. The figure of Mistress Page can be seen watching through a doorway in the background. The quotation from Merry wives given on the label reads: Fal.: "I would thy husband were dead; I'll speak it before the best Lord, I would make thee my lady" Mrs. F: "I, your lady, Sir John! Alas, I should be a pitiful lady."
This record contains unverified data from old cards and may contain incorrect or incomplete text. Please consult Curator for assistance.
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Drawings (visual works)
Item Details
Call number
ART Box S528m4 no.8 (size S)
Folger accession
cs1724