Scene from Ben Jonson's Every Man in His Humour (Act II, Scene I)
Oil Painting
1847-1848 (painted)
1847-1848 (painted)
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Maclise took this scene from Ben Jonson's play Every Man in his Humour (1601). John Forster and Charles Dickens, both friends of the artist, performed in an amateur production of the play in 1845. This painting shows Forster in the character of the merchant Kitely (whose 'humour' or characteristic is jealousy) with his young and pretty wife.
Object details
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| Title | Scene from Ben Jonson's <font -i>Every Man in His Humour</font -i> (Act II, Scene I) (popular title) |
| Materials and techniques | oil on canvas |
| Brief description | Oil painting, 'Scene from Ben Jonson's Every Man in his Humour', Daniel Maclise, 1847-1848 |
| Physical description | Oil painting |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by John Forster |
| Object history | Bequeathed by John Forster, 1876 |
| Subject depicted | |
| Literary reference | 'Every Man in His Humour' (Act II, Scene I) Ben Jonson, first performed 1598 |
| Summary | Maclise took this scene from Ben Jonson's play Every Man in his Humour (1601). John Forster and Charles Dickens, both friends of the artist, performed in an amateur production of the play in 1845. This painting shows Forster in the character of the merchant Kitely (whose 'humour' or characteristic is jealousy) with his young and pretty wife. |
| Bibliographic reference | Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, Ronald Parkinson, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1990, pp. 80-81 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | F.20 |
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| Record created | March 26, 2003 |
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