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On display at V&A South Kensington
Paintings, Room 82, The Edwin and Susan Davies Galleries

Scene from Twelfth Night: Maria, Olivia, Viola

Oil Painting
ca. 1789 (painted)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

This work depicts a scene from Shakespeare's play Twelfth Night. Viola, dressed as a man, encounters Olivia, accompanied by Maria. Hamilton painted it as one of 23 works for Josiah Boydell's Shakespeare Gallery in London's Pall Mall. It was displayed from 1789 to 1805 and also published as an engraving.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleScene from <font -i>Twelfth Night</font -i>: Maria, Olivia, Viola (popular title)
Materials and techniques
oil on canvas
Brief description
Oil painting, 'Scene from Twelfth Night', William Hamilton RA, ca. 1789
Physical description
Oil painting
Dimensions
  • Estimate height: 78.7cm
  • Estimate width: 53.3cm
  • Frame height: 112.5cm
  • Frame width: 90cm
  • Frame depth: 9.5cm
  • Frame, with build up depth: 13cm
Dimensions taken from departmental object file
Style
Object history
Purchased, 1883
Subjects depicted
Literary referenceTwelfth Night by William Shakespeare
Summary
This work depicts a scene from Shakespeare's play Twelfth Night. Viola, dressed as a man, encounters Olivia, accompanied by Maria. Hamilton painted it as one of 23 works for Josiah Boydell's Shakespeare Gallery in London's Pall Mall. It was displayed from 1789 to 1805 and also published as an engraving.
Bibliographic reference
Cogeval, Guy & Avanzi, Beatrice (Eds.), De la Scene au Tableau, Paris : Flammarion, 2009 56
Collection
Accession number
655-1883

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Record createdMay 13, 2003
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