Oil paint on paper
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Shakespearean Characters
Bequeathed by Henry Vaughan 1900
adults
aristocrat
astronomy
Caliban
characters
Cordelia
couple
courtier
crowd
daughter
fairy
Falstaff
family
father
groups
Hamlet
king
King Lear
Lady Macbeth
literature and fiction
Macbeth
magic and occultism
man
military
moon
night
Ophelia
people
prince
Prince Hal
Prospero
queen
religion and belief
Rosalind
royalty and social rank
sex and relationships
Shakespeare
Shakespeare
society
soldier
times of the day
woman
work and occupations
<p>This painting depicts a procession of favourite characters from Shakespeare’s plays. From left to right, they are: Olivia, Malvolio, Sir Toby Belch and Sir Andrew Aguecheek (from <span>Twelfth Night</span>); Falstaff and his drunken associates (from <span>The Merry Wives of Windsor</span>); Celia and Rosalind (from <span>As You Like It</span>); Prospero and Miranda (from <span>The Tempest</span>); King Lear and Cordelia (from <span>King Lear</span>); Ophelia and Hamlet (from <span>Hamlet</span>); Lady Macbeth and the witches (from <span>Macbeth</span>). Instead of showing the characters in literally theatrical settings, Stothard, like other artists of the time including James Barry and Henry Fuseli, pioneered a more imaginative approach, treating the figures as poetic inventions.</p><p><em>Gallery label, April 2016</em></p>
paper unique oil paint
2 September 2011 – 9 April 2012
2012-04-09
2 September 2011 – 9 April 2012
2012-04-09
2011-09-02
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2011-09-02
Romantic Shakespeare
Collection based display
Shakespearean Characters
support: 267 × 930 mm
Bequeathed by Henry Vaughan 1900
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<p>This painting depicts a procession of favourite characters from Shakespeare’s plays. From left to right, they are: Olivia, Malvolio, Sir Toby Belch and Sir Andrew Aguecheek (from <i>Twelfth Night</i>); Falstaff and his drunken associates (from <i>The Merry Wives of Windsor</i>); Celia and Rosalind (from <i>As You Like It</i>); Prospero and Miranda (from <i>The Tempest</i>); King Lear and Cordelia (from <i>King Lear</i>); Ophelia and Hamlet (from <i>Hamlet</i>); Lady Macbeth and the witches (from <i>Macbeth</i>). Instead of showing the characters in literally theatrical settings, Stothard, like other artists of the time including James Barry and Henry Fuseli, pioneered a more imaginative approach, treating the figures as poetic inventions.</p>
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adults aristocrat astronomy Caliban characters Cordelia couple courtier crowd daughter fairy Falstaff family father groups Hamlet king King Lear Lady Macbeth literature and fiction Macbeth magic and occultism man military moon night Ophelia people prince Prince Hal Prospero queen religion and belief Rosalind royalty and social rank sex and relationships Shakespeare Shakespeare society soldier times of the day woman work and occupations