Scene from Twelfth Night: Maria, Olivia, Viola
Oil Painting
ca. 1789 (painted)
ca. 1789 (painted)
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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
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| Title | Scene 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 |
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| Object history | Purchased, 1883 |
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| 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
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| Accession number | 655-1883 |
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| Record created | May 13, 2003 |
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