Object number1864.1.216
The Death of Hotspur
Date1786
Artist
John Trumbull
(American, 1756-1843)
CultureAmerican
MediumBrown ink and pencil
DimensionsMatted: 22 x 16 in. (55.88 x 40.64 cm)
Sheet: 9 x 7 1/4 in. (22.86 x 18.42 cm)
Sight: 11 3/8 x 9 1/2 in. (28.89 x 24.13 cm)
Sheet: 9 x 7 1/4 in. (22.86 x 18.42 cm)
Sight: 11 3/8 x 9 1/2 in. (28.89 x 24.13 cm)
Credit LineGift of Matthew Vassar
On View
Not on viewPeriod18th c / 19th c
Classification(s)
SignedSigned and dated (LL, in pencil, possibly in Magoon's hand): Trumbull; (UR): 22nd Nov. 1786
InscribedInscribed (below, in ink): But let thy favours hide thy mangled face-- / Adien! And take thy praise with thee to heaven / Thy ignominy sleep with thy in the grave. / -- Prince of Wales (Henry IV, part I)
BibliographyFantastic Shakespeare (Stratford, Ontario: Wayne State University, 1978) cat. 58 repr.
1869 Catalog #167; 1939 Catalog, p.55, pl. 46ProvenanceCollections: Elias MagoonVassar Exhibitions
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