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Scene from The Taming of the Shrew

Oil Painting
ca.1838 (painted)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Oil painting depicting a scene (Act IV, Scene 3) from Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew".


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleScene from <i>The Taming of the Shrew</i> (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Oil on canvas
Brief description
Oil painting depicting a scene (Act IV, Scene 3) from Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew" by Charles Robert Leslie. Great Britain, ca.1838.
Physical description
Oil painting depicting a scene (Act IV, Scene 3) from Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew".
Dimensions
  • Estimate height: 52.1cm
  • Estimate width: 71cm
Dimensions taken from Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, Ronald Parkinson, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1990
Style
Credit line
Given by John Sheepshanks, 1857
Object history
Given by John Sheepshanks, 1857
Literary referenceShakespeare, <i>The Taming of the Shrew</i>
Bibliographic reference
Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, Ronald Parkinson, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1990, pp. 156-57
Collection
Accession number
FA.109[O]

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Record createdApril 24, 2007
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