The Setting for the Last Scene of The Tempest by William Shakespeare

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Artist/Maker	Buchel, Charles (artist)
Place of origin	Great Britain (painted)

Oil painting showing the final moments of Herbert Beerbohm Tree's production of The Tempest. View of a sandy beach, foreground, looking out to sea, with rocks, cliffs and a sea stack. Caliban sits on rocks, left, shielding his eyes with his right hand as he watches a departing sailing ship, visible in the distance. Signed.

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Categories	Paintings Access_to_Images 2003 Entertainment & Leisure SCRAN Theatre Shakespeare
Object type	Painting
Title	The Setting for the Last Scene of <i>The Tempest</i> by William Shakespeare (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Oil on prepared paper Oil Colour Prepared Paper Oil Painting
Brief description	Painting entitled "The setting for the last scene of The Tempest by William Shakespeare", Charles Buchel, 1904.
Physical description	Oil painting showing the final moments of Herbert Beerbohm Tree's production of The Tempest. View of a sandy beach, foreground, looking out to sea, with rocks, cliffs and a sea stack. Caliban sits on rocks, left, shielding his eyes with his right hand as he watches a departing sailing ship, visible in the distance. Signed.
Dimensions	Height: 25.4cm Width: 35.7cm
Credit line	Given by the family of Harry R. Beard
Literary reference	<i>The Tempest</i>
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	Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number	S.221-1987

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Record created	November 5, 2003
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O85221/the-setting-for-the-last-painting-buchel-charles/

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