Florizel and Perdita
Oil Painting
ca. 1837 (painted)
ca. 1837 (painted)
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The characters are from Shakespeare's play A Winter's Tale. They are the beautiful shepherdess Perdita (really the daughter of King Leontes) with Florizel (really the son of King Polixines) and Dorcas, another shepherdess. On the right, and also in disguise, are King Polixines and Camillo, a Sicilian nobleman.
Leslie was brought up in the United States, but worked in London. He was a friend and biographer of the landscape painter John Constable.
Leslie was brought up in the United States, but worked in London. He was a friend and biographer of the landscape painter John Constable.
Object details
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| Title | Florizel and Perdita (popular title) |
| Materials and techniques | oil on canvas |
| Brief description | Oil painting by Charles Robert Leslie entitled 'Florizel and Perdita' from Shakespeare's 'A Winter's Tale' (Act IV, Scene 4). Great Britain, ca. 1836. |
| Physical description | Oil painting depicting Florizel and Perdita from Shakespeare's 'A Winter's Tale' (Act IV, Scene 4). |
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| Credit line | Given by John Sheepshanks, 1857 |
| Object history | Given by John Sheepshanks, 1857 |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Literary reference | 'The Winter's Tale' by William Shakespeare |
| Summary | The characters are from Shakespeare's play A Winter's Tale. They are the beautiful shepherdess Perdita (really the daughter of King Leontes) with Florizel (really the son of King Polixines) and Dorcas, another shepherdess. On the right, and also in disguise, are King Polixines and Camillo, a Sicilian nobleman. Leslie was brought up in the United States, but worked in London. He was a friend and biographer of the landscape painter John Constable. |
| Bibliographic reference | Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, Ronald Parkinson, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1990, pp. 162-64 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | FA.114[O] |
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| Record created | May 19, 2003 |
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