Imogen Entering the Cave of Belarius, (Cymbeline, Act III, Scene VI) [graphic].

Sold at auction in 2012 as: Allegorical Scene of Youth & Sword near Cave

ca. 1795.

1 painting, on canvas : oil ; 84 x 56 cm + frame ca. 37 x 27.5 in.

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Provenance: Commissioned by John Boydell for The Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall, London, c. 1795 ; The Shakspeare Gallery lottery, 28 January 1805, won by William Tassie ; Sold by Tassie at Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 20 May 1805, lot 11; T. Hammersley, Esq., acquired from the Christie's sale for 16/16/0 ; With Henry Graves & Co., London (Partial label on stretcher printed HENRY GRAVES & Co) ; Henry Irving ; A New York estate, sold by Litchfield Auctions, Litchfield CT, 15 February 2012 no. 2458342 as "Allegorical Scene of Youth & Sword near Cave" attributed to Westall; Acquired from the Litchfield sale by Ben Farina, who identified it as a missing Boydell painting.

Washington, DC, Folger Shakespeare Library, May 2017- February 2018. Painting Shakespeare.

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Purchase made possible by The Gladys Brooks Acquisitions Endowment Fund. Purchase made possible by The Ann Jennalie Cook Acquisitions Fund. Purchase made possible by The Kathrine Dulin Folger and Family Acquisitions Endowment. Purchase made possible by The Mary and David S. Wolff Endowment Fund.

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