Shakespeare. Taming of the Shrew, Induction, Scene II, A Room in the Lord’s House, Sly with Lord & attendants

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Sunqua (fl.1830-1870)
Shakespeare. Taming of the Shrew, Induction, Scene II, A Room in the Lord’s House, Sly with Lord & attendants
oil on canvas
18 ¼ x 24in. (46.4 x 61cm.)
in a carved Cantonese hardwood frame

Exhibited

Hong Kong, Hong Kong Maritime Museum, The Dragon and the Eagle: American Traders in China, A Century of Trade from 1784 to 1900, Dec. 2019-April 2019, 5.12.

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Lot Essay

'Sly wakes up in the Lord's house, is convinced by the Lord and his attendants that he is in fact a nobleman who has come to after fifteen years of being insane, and having ordered a play, calls for his wife to come to bed with him, but is told his doctor has forbidden him.'
The painting is a copy of plate XXVIII from volume I of Boydell's Shakespeare Prints, published by John & Josiah Boydell, London, June 1791. The original painting is by Robert Smirke.

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