COLLECTION NAME:
LUNA: Folger Digital Image Collection
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FOLGERCM1~6~6
LUNA: Folger Digital Image Collection
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Digital Image File Name:
3260
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3260
Digital Image File Name
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Source Call Number:
FPs24
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FPs24
Source Call Number
false
Source Creator:
Page, William, 1811-1885, artist.
author
Page, William, 1811-1885, artist.
Source Creator
false
Image Title:
William Page. Portrait of Shakespeare. Oil on canvas, 1873
Source Title:
Portrait of Shakespeare
cd_title
Portrait of Shakespeare
Source Title
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Image Details:
from a 4x5 color transparency
special_instructions
from a 4x5 color transparency
Image Details
false
Source Created or Published:
1873
imprint
1873
Source Created or Published
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Digital Image Type:
FSL collection
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FSL collection
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HAMNET CATALOG RECORD:
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Creator (Hamnet):
Page, William, 1811-1885, artist.
bib_creator
Page, William, 1811-1885, artist.
Creator (Hamnet)
false
Title (Hamnet):
Portrait of Shakespeare [graphic]. William Page.
bib_title
Portrait of Shakespeare [graphic]. William Page.
Title (Hamnet)
false
Date of Creation or Publ. (Hamnet):
1873.
bib_creation_date
1873.
Date of Creation or Publ. (Hamnet)
false
Physical Description (Hamnet):
1 painting on canvas : oil ; 68.6 x 53.3 cm.
bib_physicaldescription
1 painting on canvas : oil ; 68.6 x 53.3 cm.
Physical Description (Hamnet)
false
Subject (Hamnet):
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Portraits.
bib_subject
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Portraits.
Subject (Hamnet)
false
Subject (Hamnet):
Portrait paintings. gmgpc
bib_subject
Portrait paintings. gmgpc
Subject (Hamnet)
false
Associated Name (Hamnet):
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.), former owner.
bib_associated_name
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.), former owner.
Associated Name (Hamnet)
false
Associated Name (Hamnet):
Shaw, Francis George, Mrs., former owner.
bib_associated_name
Shaw, Francis George, Mrs., former owner.
Associated Name (Hamnet)
false
Notes (Hamnet):
Bought by Folger from Union Square Book Shop, Dealers in Rare Books, Prints and Autographs, 30 E. 14th St., New York, May 1929, $625.
bib_object_notes
Bought by Folger from Union Square Book Shop, Dealers in Rare Books, Prints and Autographs, 30 E. 14th St., New York, May 1929, $625.
Notes (Hamnet)
false
Notes (Hamnet):
Condition reviewed the oil paint is thinly applied without impasto. There appears to be extensive repaint in both the figure and the background
bib_object_notes
Condition reviewed the oil paint is thinly applied without impasto. There appears to be extensive repaint in both the figure and the background
Notes (Hamnet)
false
Notes (Hamnet):
Conserved lined by Finlayson
bib_object_notes
Conserved lined by Finlayson
Notes (Hamnet)
false
Notes (Hamnet):
Exhibited: "Rave Reviews: 100 Years of American Art" National Academy of Design, NYC, September - December 2000; the Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK, Jan. 31 through Apr. 1, 2001; Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN, April 21 through June 24, 2001.
bib_object_notes
Exhibited: "Rave Reviews: 100 Years of American Art" National Academy of Design, NYC, September - December 2000; the Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK, Jan. 31 through Apr. 1, 2001; Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN, April 21 through June 24, 2001.
Notes (Hamnet)
false
Notes (Hamnet):
Inscribed at lower left next to arm: "WP.3d Shke / 1873." Inscribed in pen and ink on a page glued to uper center of blind stretcher: "Studio Building, 57 W. 10th St: / New York March 22nd '73 / My dear Sarah Shaw the / head of Shakespeare, which you / saw in my studio, and which I am / still at work on, was painted / for a gentleman, to whom, I have / written, to come and see it, no less / than twice he having neglected / to do so I consider myself at lib- / erty to do what I will with the picture. Would you like to / have it, or Frank? I thought / befor I attempted otherwise to dispose of it I ought to let you know / as you seemed interested in it-Hope / Mr Curtis is better Ever your friend / Wm Page." (Page moved into the Studio Building in 1867. Sarah and her husband, Frank, whose full name was Francis George Shaw, were close friends and patrons of the artist)
bib_object_notes
Inscribed at lower left next to arm: "WP.3d Shke / 1873." Inscribed in pen and ink on a page glued to uper center of blind stretcher: "Studio Building, 57 W. 10th St: / New York March 22nd '73 / My dear Sarah Shaw the / head of Shakespeare, which you / saw in my studio, and which I am / still at work on, was painted / for a gentleman, to whom, I have / written, to come and see it, no less / than twice he having neglected / to do so I consider myself at lib- / erty to do what I will with the picture. Would you like to / have it, or Frank? I thought / befor I attempted otherwise to dispose of it I ought to let you know / as you seemed interested in it-Hope / Mr Curtis is better Ever your friend / Wm Page." (Page moved into the Studio Building in 1867. Sarah and her husband, Frank, whose full name was Francis George Shaw, were close friends and patrons of the artist)
Notes (Hamnet)
false
Notes (Hamnet):
Joshua Taylor, William Page: The American Titian, Chicago, 1957, p. 257, no. 47 (Taylor gives the early provenance but did not know the painting's present whereabouts); Piper 1962, no. 6.
bib_object_notes
Joshua Taylor, William Page: The American Titian, Chicago, 1957, p. 257, no. 47 (Taylor gives the early provenance but did not know the painting's present whereabouts); Piper 1962, no. 6.
Notes (Hamnet)
false
Notes (Hamnet):
This record contains unverified data from a re-keying contract and may contain incorrect or incomplete text. Please consult Curator for assistance.
bib_object_notes
This record contains unverified data from a re-keying contract and may contain incorrect or incomplete text. Please consult Curator for assistance.
Notes (Hamnet)
false
Notes (Hamnet):
Title from Pressly.
bib_object_notes
Title from Pressly.
Notes (Hamnet)
false
Provenance (Hamnet):
Provenance: According to Page, commissioned in 1868, possibly by Theodore Tilton; offered by the artist to Mrs. Francis George Shaw on 22 March 1873; presented to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1903 by Mrs. Francis George Shaw; Metropolitan Museum sale, American Art Association, February 1929, lot 59 (a portion of a Metropolitan Museum label is still on the frame at lower right)
bib_provenance
Provenance: According to Page, commissioned in 1868, possibly by Theodore Tilton; offered by the artist to Mrs. Francis George Shaw on 22 March 1873; presented to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1903 by Mrs. Francis George Shaw; Metropolitan Museum sale, American Art Association, February 1929, lot 59 (a portion of a Metropolitan Museum label is still on the frame at lower right)
Provenance (Hamnet)
false
Citations (Hamnet):
Pressly, W.L. Paintings in the Folger Shakespeare Library, 171
bib_citation
Pressly, W.L. Paintings in the Folger Shakespeare Library, 171
Citations (Hamnet)
false