Detail View: LUNA: Folger Digital Image Collection: Romeo and Juliet, act V, scene III [graphic] : Monument belonging to the Capulets : Romeo and Paris dead, Juliet and Friar Laurence / Painted by Mr. Northcote, R.A.

Digital Image File Name: 
3898
Source Call Number: 
ART 265225 (framed)
Source Creator: 
Northcote, James 1746-1831, artist.
Image Title: 
James Northcote. Romeo and Juliet, act V, scene III, Monument belonging to the Capulets: Romeo and Paris dead, Juliet and Friar Laurence. Oil on canvas, ca. 1790
Source Title: 
Romeo and Juliet, act V, scene III [graphic] : Monument belonging to the Capulets : Romeo and Paris dead, Juliet and Friar Laurence / Painted by Mr. Northcote, R.A.
Source Created or Published: 
[1790]
Digital Image Type: 
FSL collection
Copyright information: 
image courtesy of Sotheby's
HAMNET CATALOG RECORD: 
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Creator (Hamnet): 
Northcote, James 1746-1831, artist.
Title (Hamnet): 
Romeo and Juliet, act V, scene III [graphic] : Monument belonging to the Capulets : Romeo and Paris dead, Juliet and Friar Laurence. Painted by Mr. Northcote, R.A.
Title (Hamnet): 
Sotheby's title: Friar Lawrence at Capulet's tomb
Date of Creation or Publ. (Hamnet): 
[1790]
Physical Description (Hamnet): 
1 painting : oil on canvas ; 274 x 334.5 cm.
Subject (Hamnet): 
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 depicted. -- Characters -- Friar Lawrence,
Subject (Hamnet): 
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 depicted. -- Characters -- Juliet,
Subject (Hamnet): 
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 depicted. -- Characters -- Paris,
Subject (Hamnet): 
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 depicted. -- Characters -- Romeo,
Subject (Hamnet): 
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Romeo and Juliet. Act V. Scene 3, depicted
Subject (Hamnet): 
Paintings -- 18th century. gmgpc
Associated Name (Hamnet): 
Boydell Shakespeare Gallery, former owner.
Notes (Hamnet): 
Engraved by P. Simon and J. Heath for the Boydell Shakespeare Gallery, 1792.
Notes (Hamnet): 
Exhibited: Boydell Shakespeare Gallery, London, 1790-1805; The Painted Word, British History Painting 1750-1830, Heim Gallery, 1991, no. 66; Füssli pittore di Shakespeare, Fondazione Magnani Rocca, Parma, Italy, 6 September-7 December 1997, no. 84, as "Un monumento funebre della famiglia Capuleti, Romeo e Paride morti; Giulietta e frate Lorenzo"
Notes (Hamnet): 
S. Gwynn, Memories of an 18th Century Painter, 1898, p. 273, no. 254; W. M. Merchant, Shakespeare and the Artist, 1959, p. 238; W. H Friedman, Boydell's Shakespeare Gallery, New York (Garland)
Notes (Hamnet): 
Title and statement of responsibility from Boydell Shakespeare Gallery catalog, 1790, no. LVI.
Notes (Hamnet): 
Undated, but first appeared in the Shakespeare Gallery in 1790. Dated 1789 in Parma exhibition catalog.
Provenance (Hamnet): 
Painted for Alderman John Boydell for the Shakespeare Gallery; sold by lottery 28 January 1805 and won by William Tassie; Boydell Shakespeare Gallery; sold by Christie 20 May 1805, lot 51, to G. Stainforth Esq for £210; Lord Northbrook, Stratton Park; Stratton Park sale, 27 November 1929, lot 492; P.D. Colnaghi & Co. Ltd. (as of 1997).
Folger Holdings Notes (Hamnet): 
265225