Falstaff and Simple
Oil Painting
ca. 1835 (painted)
ca. 1835 (painted)
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Oil on paper laid on canvas depicting Falstaff and Simple from Act I, Scene I of Shakespeare's 'The Merry Wives of Windsor'.
Object details
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| Title | Falstaff and Simple (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Oil on paper laid on canvas |
| Brief description | Oil painting by Augustus Wall Callcott entitled 'Falstaff and Simple', depicting a scene from Shakespeare's 'The Merry Wives of Windsor'. Great Britain, ca. 1835. |
| Physical description | Oil on paper laid on canvas depicting Falstaff and Simple from Act I, Scene I of Shakespeare's 'The Merry Wives of Windsor'. |
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| Credit line | Given by John Sheepshanks, 1857 |
| Object history | Given by John Sheepshanks, 1857 |
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| Literary reference | Shakespeare, <i>The Merry Wives of Windsor</i> |
| Bibliographic reference | Parkinson, R., Victoria and Albert Museum, Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, London: HMSO, 1990, pp. 19-20 |
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| Accession number | FA.12[O] |
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| Record created | April 10, 2007 |
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