"Come hither, gracious sovereign, view this body", King Henry VI, Part II, Act III, Scene II Yale University Art Gallery

1891

American Paintings and Sculpture

Not on view

Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 22 × 17 1/2 in. (55.9 × 44.5 cm)
Credit Line: Edwin Austin Abbey Memorial Collection
Accession Number: 1937.1187
Geography: Made in London, England
Culture: American
Period: 19th century
Classification: Paintings
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Provenance

Edwin Austin Abbey Estate, 1937; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

Object copyright

No Copyright - United States

Additional information

Object/Work type

canvas, figures (representations), genre (visual works), histories (visual works), human figures (visual works), literature (general genre), oil paint

Subject

bodies (animal or human components), cloaks, clothing, deaths, kings (people)

Marks

Blue board backing board covers a plywood backing board with 4 stickers (plus a YUAG sticker):
Fine Art Packer.
Framemaker:
J. Middleton, Frame Maker, Gilder, --- and Mount Cutter, 231 King's Road, Chelsea.
Royal Academy Exhibition sticker,
Hand written title.

Inscriptions

Signed l.l. in pen and ink: E.A. Abbey 1891

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