COLLECTION NAME:
LUNA: Folger Digital Image Collection
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Digital Image File Name:
3347
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3347
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Source Call Number:
FPa38
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FPa38
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Source Creator:
Hook, James Clarke, 1819-1907, artist.
author
Hook, James Clarke, 1819-1907, artist.
Source Creator
false
Image Title:
James Clarke Hook. Othello's description of Desdemona. Oil on canvas, ca. 1852
Source Title:
Othello's description of Desdemona [graphic] / J. C. Hook.
cd_title
Othello's description of Desdemona [graphic] / J. C. Hook.
Source Title
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Image Details:
from a 4x5 color transparency
special_instructions
from a 4x5 color transparency
Image Details
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Source Created or Published:
ca. 1852
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ca. 1852
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):
Hook, James Clarke, 1819-1907, artist.
bib_creator
Hook, James Clarke, 1819-1907, artist.
Creator (Hamnet)
false
Title (Hamnet):
Othello's description of Desdemona [graphic]. J. C. Hook.
bib_title
Othello's description of Desdemona [graphic]. J. C. Hook.
Title (Hamnet)
false
Date of Creation or Publ. (Hamnet):
ca. 1852.
bib_creation_date
ca. 1852.
Date of Creation or Publ. (Hamnet)
false
Physical Description (Hamnet):
1 painting on panel : oil ; 78.6 x 53.3 cm.
bib_physicaldescription
1 painting on panel : oil ; 78.6 x 53.3 cm.
Physical Description (Hamnet)
false
Subject (Hamnet):
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Othello. Act IV. Scene 1 -- Illustrations.
bib_subject
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Othello. Act IV. Scene 1 -- Illustrations.
Subject (Hamnet)
false
Subject (Hamnet):
Paintings. gmgpc
bib_subject
Paintings. gmgpc
Subject (Hamnet)
false
Subject (Hamnet):
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Characters -- Desdemona.
bib_subject
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Characters -- Desdemona.
Subject (Hamnet)
false
Subject (Hamnet):
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Characters -- Othello.
bib_subject
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Characters -- Othello.
Subject (Hamnet)
false
Notes (Hamnet):
A small oil sketch on panel (9 1/2 x 6 3/4 in.) was sold at Sotheby's Belgravia on 19 November 1974, lot 139, repr. It was inscribed on its reverse: "[to] P. F. Poole A.R.A. from J. C. Hook."
bib_object_notes
A small oil sketch on panel (9 1/2 x 6 3/4 in.) was sold at Sotheby's Belgravia on 19 November 1974, lot 139, repr. It was inscribed on its reverse: "[to] P. F. Poole A.R.A. from J. C. Hook."
Notes (Hamnet)
false
Notes (Hamnet):
Condition reviewed The panel has been prepared with a fine gesso surface, which has been painted over smoothly
bib_object_notes
Condition reviewed The panel has been prepared with a fine gesso surface, which has been painted over smoothly
Notes (Hamnet)
false
Notes (Hamnet):
Conserved There is no evidence of repaint or other restoration
bib_object_notes
Conserved There is no evidence of repaint or other restoration
Notes (Hamnet)
false
Notes (Hamnet):
Exhibited: London, Royal Academy, 1852, no. 210; 'Eliz. View of Italy,' Mar.-Jun.93; As imagination bodies forth...' [paintings] Oct.28, 1993-Feb.15, 1994.
bib_object_notes
Exhibited: London, Royal Academy, 1852, no. 210; 'Eliz. View of Italy,' Mar.-Jun.93; As imagination bodies forth...' [paintings] Oct.28, 1993-Feb.15, 1994.
Notes (Hamnet)
false
Notes (Hamnet):
G. Michelmore & Co., Rare Books, Autographs, Manuscripts, 5 Royal Opera Arcade, Pall Mall, London SW1, July 1925, £100. (A printed text, listing this picture as no. 14, has been cut out and pasted on the back of the panel at lower left. The entry may well be clipped from an auction catalogue)
bib_object_notes
G. Michelmore & Co., Rare Books, Autographs, Manuscripts, 5 Royal Opera Arcade, Pall Mall, London SW1, July 1925, £100. (A printed text, listing this picture as no. 14, has been cut out and pasted on the back of the panel at lower left. The entry may well be clipped from an auction catalogue)
Notes (Hamnet)
false
Notes (Hamnet):
Signed at lower right: "J C Hook." A piece of paper in pen and ink, perhaps in the artist's hand, is glued to the back of the panel at upper left: "Othello's description of Desdemona. / -An admirable musician! O, she / will sing the savageness out of a bear!- / Of so high and plenteous wit and / invention! / Othello Act 4th Scene 1st. / Painted by Jas C Hook A.R.A. / Tor Villa / Campden Hill / Kensington" (Tor Villa is the house that Hook had just built for himself)
bib_object_notes
Signed at lower right: "J C Hook." A piece of paper in pen and ink, perhaps in the artist's hand, is glued to the back of the panel at upper left: "Othello's description of Desdemona. / -An admirable musician! O, she / will sing the savageness out of a bear!- / Of so high and plenteous wit and / invention! / Othello Act 4th Scene 1st. / Painted by Jas C Hook A.R.A. / Tor Villa / Campden Hill / Kensington" (Tor Villa is the house that Hook had just built for himself)
Notes (Hamnet)
false
Notes (Hamnet):
The Times, 14 May 1852, p. 6; The Art Journal, 1 June 1852, p. 169; The Athenaeum, 3 July 1852, p. 129; The Dictionary of National Biography, London, Supplement (1912; reprinted 1927), vol. 2, p. 294, this painting and two others cited as the best-known pictures of his early period; Altick 1985, p. 307.
bib_object_notes
The Times, 14 May 1852, p. 6; The Art Journal, 1 June 1852, p. 169; The Athenaeum, 3 July 1852, p. 129; The Dictionary of National Biography, London, Supplement (1912; reprinted 1927), vol. 2, p. 294, this painting and two others cited as the best-known pictures of his early period; Altick 1985, p. 307.
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
Citations (Hamnet):
Pressly, W.L. Paintings in the Folger Shakespeare Library, 40 (Plate 17)
bib_citation
Pressly, W.L. Paintings in the Folger Shakespeare Library, 40 (Plate 17)
Citations (Hamnet)
false
Folger Holdings Notes (Hamnet):
Temporary location: First floor office area
mfhd_object_notes
Temporary location: First floor office area
Folger Holdings Notes (Hamnet)
false
Call Number (Hamnet):
FPa38
mfhd_repository_number
FPa38
Call Number (Hamnet)
false