Detail View: LUNA: Folger Digital Image Collection: Juliet & Friar, "Romeo & Juliet", act 4, scene 1 [graphic] / [Felix Darley].

Digital Image File Name: 
35878
Source Call Number: 
ART Box D221 no.55 (size L)
Source Creator: 
Darley, Felix Octavius Carr, 1822-1888, artist.
Source Title: 
Juliet & Friar, "Romeo & Juliet", act 4, scene 1 [graphic] / [Felix Darley].
Source Created or Published: 
[1884?]
Digital Image Type: 
FSL collection
HAMNET CATALOG RECORD: 
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Creator (Hamnet): 
Darley, Felix Octavius Carr, 1822-1888, artist.
Title (Hamnet): 
Juliet & Friar, "Romeo & Juliet", act 4, scene 1 [graphic] / [Felix Darley].
Date of Creation or Publ. (Hamnet): 
[1884?]
Physical Description (Hamnet): 
1 drawing : pencil ; irreg. image 298 x 240 mm.
Subject (Hamnet): 
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Characters -- Romeo, depicted.
Subject (Hamnet): 
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Romeo and Juliet. Act 4. Scene 1, depicted.
Subject (Hamnet): 
Book illustrations -- 19th century.
Subject (Hamnet): 
Drawings -- 19th century.
Subject (Hamnet): 
Juliet (Fictitious character), depicted.
Subject (Hamnet): 
Lawrence, Friar (Fictitious character), depicted.
Subject (Hamnet): 
Romeo (Fictitious character), depicted.
Subject (Hamnet): 
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Characters -- Friar Lawrence, depicted.
Subject (Hamnet): 
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Characters -- Juliet, depicted.
Associated Name (Hamnet): 
Darley, Jane Colburn, fl. 1859-1888, former owner.
Notes (Hamnet): 
Drawing shows the Friar standing by Juliet (Juliet's figure is extremely unfinished) who is just awakening on her bier, while Romeo lies dead before them.
Notes (Hamnet): 
History: Drawing is part of a series of designs done for the 'Darley gallery of Shakespearean illustration' (published in 1884) which was made up of 30 illustrations to Shakespeare's plays. This drawing, however, was never reproduced for the printed edition.
Notes (Hamnet): 
Provenance: Drawing is listed as no. 467 in Henkel's Jan 1909 sale catalog. Fur further provenance information see record for Darley, Felix 'Darley gallery of Shakespearean illustration'.
Notes (Hamnet): 
Title derived from penciled notes on verso of drawing.
Call Number (Hamnet): 
ART Box D221 no.55 (size L)