Scene from Twelfth Night: Maria, Olivia, Viola

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

Artist/Maker	Hamilton, William (RA) (artist)
Place of origin	Great Britain (painted)

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.

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Categories	Paintings Scotland
Object type	Oil painting
Title	Scene from <font -i>Twelfth Night</font -i>: Maria, Olivia, Viola (popular title)
Materials and techniques	oil on canvas Oil Paint Canvas Oil Painting
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	British School
Object history	Purchased, 1883
Subjects depicted	Olivia Viola Maria
Literary reference	Twelfth 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	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	655-1883

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Record created	May 13, 2003
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O80682/scene-from-font--itwelfth-oil-painting-hamilton-william-ra/

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