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Romeo and Juliet  Act II Scene 5 Juliet and her Nurse
Presented by Robert Vernon 1847
‘Romeo and Juliet’
actions: expressive
actions: postures and motions
adults
architecture
arts and entertainment
cane / walking stick
caryatid
characters
classical myths: gods and heroes
clothing and personal items
domestic
emotional states and conditions
emotions and human qualities
emotions, concepts and ideas
Eros / Cupid
fan
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fine arts and music
garden
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hands clasped
happiness
jester
Juliet
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love
love - statue of cupid
man
nanny
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people
religion and belief
sculpture
Shakespeare
stair / step
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talking
terrace
woman
woman, old
wooded
work and occupations
<p>Briggs was one of a small group of British artists in the first half of the nineteenth century who consistently found success as history painters. This painting illustrates part of Act II Scene IV from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. The lovers have previously agreed upon a secret marriage. Here the Nurse tells the overjoyed Juliet that she is to be married that night and then comments on her blushes ('Now comes the wanton blood up in your cheeks'). Juliet and her Nurse was a popular subject with British artists including JMW Turner.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2004</em></p>
painting oil paint canvas
24 October 2001 – 11 July 2005
2005-07-11
24 October 2001
2001-10-24
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2001-10-24
Making British History
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Romeo and Juliet - Act II Scene 5 (‘Juliet and her Nurse’)
support: 889 × 698 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>Briggs was one of a small group of  British artists in the first half of the nineteenth century who consistently found success as history painters.  This <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/painting" title="Glossary definition for 'Painting'"><span>painting</span></a> illustrates part of Act II  Scene IV from Shakespeare's Romeo  and Juliet. The lovers have previously agreed upon a secret marriage. Here  the Nurse tells the overjoyed Juliet  that she is to be married that night  and then comments on her blushes  ('Now comes the wanton blood up  in your cheeks'). Juliet and her Nurse  was a popular subject with British  artists including JMW Turner.</p>
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actions: expressive actions: postures and motions adults architecture arts and entertainment cane / walking stick caryatid characters classical myths: gods and heroes clothing and personal items domestic emotional states and conditions emotions and human qualities emotions, concepts and ideas Eros / Cupid fan features fine arts and music garden garden structures hands clasped happiness jester Juliet landscape literature and fiction love love - statue of cupid man nanny objects people religion and belief ‘Romeo and Juliet’ sculpture Shakespeare stair / step symbols and personifications talking terrace woman woman, old wooded work and occupations