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Falstaffs Assignation with Mrs Ford
Presented by Robert Vernon 1847
‘The Merry Wives of Windsor’
adults
animals: fish and aquatic life
architecture
Byfledas
characters
clothing and personal items
domestic
Dowton, William
Falstaff
flirtation
furnishings
goldfish
individuals: female
individuals: male
interiors
literature and fiction
living room
man
medieval
Mistress Ford
Mistress Page
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objects
Pearson
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periods and styles
portraits
ruff
screen
sex and relationships
Shakespeare
society
vase
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woman
<p>This illustrates a scene from Shakespeare's comedy 'The Merry Wives of Windsor'. The fat knight Sir John Falstaff has fallen on hard times. So he sets out to woo Mistress Ford and Mistress Page, both of whom hold the purse strings in their households. He writes identical love letters to both women. Aware of Falstaff's intentions, the wives aim to tease him and then show him up as a fool. Clint shows Falstaff making his first approach to Mistress Ford whose co-conspirator, Mistress Page, exits to the left. Her announcement of Master Ford's imminent return is the signal for Falstaff to be hidden in a laundry basket and dumped in the Thames.</p><p><em>Gallery label, March 1993</em></p>
painting oil paint canvas
Falstaff’s Assignation with Mrs Ford
support: 768 × 641 mm
frame: 1000 × 877 × 147 mm
Presented by <a href="/search?gid=999999978" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Robert Vernon</a> 1847
<p>This illustrates a scene from Shakespeare's comedy 'The Merry Wives of Windsor'. The fat knight Sir John Falstaff has fallen on hard times. So he sets out to woo Mistress Ford and Mistress Page, both of whom hold the purse strings in their households. He writes identical love letters to both women. Aware of Falstaff's intentions, the wives aim to tease him and then show him up as a fool. Clint shows Falstaff making his first approach to Mistress Ford whose co-conspirator, Mistress Page, exits to the left. Her announcement of Master Ford's imminent return is the signal for Falstaff to be hidden in a laundry basket and dumped in the Thames.</p>
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1993-03-10T00:00:00
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adults animals: fish and aquatic life architecture Byfledas characters clothing and personal items domestic Dowton, William Falstaff flirtation furnishings goldfish individuals: female individuals: male interiors literature and fiction living room man medieval Mistress Ford Mistress Page named individuals objects Pearson people periods and styles portraits ruff screen sex and relationships Shakespeare society ‘The Merry Wives of Windsor’ vase vessels and containers woman