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Rosalind Preparing to Leave Duke Frederick's Palace

Oil Painting
1881 (painted)
Artist/Maker

The disguised Rosalind, full length, profile, facing viewer's left. She wears an aquamarine doublet with slashed sleeves, a dark green surcoat with a fur collar, a belt with a long dagger, white tights, brown boots and a small dark brown cap. She stands on a striped rug in front of a brown chair and looks down pensively. Artist's monogram and date, lower left hand corner.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleRosalind Preparing to Leave Duke Frederick's Palace
Materials and techniques
Oil on canvas
Brief description
Oil painting, 'Rosalind Preparing to Leave Duke Frederick's Palace' by John Dawson Watson, 1881
Physical description
The disguised Rosalind, full length, profile, facing viewer's left. She wears an aquamarine doublet with slashed sleeves, a dark green surcoat with a fur collar, a belt with a long dagger, white tights, brown boots and a small dark brown cap. She stands on a striped rug in front of a brown chair and looks down pensively. Artist's monogram and date, lower left hand corner.
Dimensions
  • Height: 45.8cm
  • Width: 21.5cm
Subject depicted
Bibliographic reference
Ashton, Geoffrey. Catalogue of Paintings at the Theatre Museum, London. ed. James Fowler, London : Victoria and Albert Museum, 1992. 224p. ill. ISBN 1851771026
Collection
Accession number
S.850-1991

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Record createdJune 5, 2007
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