The Room in Which Shakespeare Was Born
| The Room in Which Shakespeare Was Born | |
|---|---|
| Artist | Henry Wallis |
| Year | 1853 |
| Type | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 41.9 cm × 29.2 cm (16.5 in × 11.5 in) |
| Location | Tate Britain, London |
The Room in Which Shakespeare Was Born is an 1853 oil painting by the British artist Henry Wallis. [1] It depicts the room in Shakespeare's Birthplace in Stratford-Upon-Avon in Warwickshire as it looked in the mid-Victorian era.[2] [3] Wallis was a member of the Pre-Raphaelite movement. Today the painting is in the collection of the Tate Britain in London, having been acquired in 1955.[4]
References
- ^ Østermark-Johansen p.214
- ^ Upstone p.62
- ^ Conrad p.73
- ^ https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/wallis-the-room-in-which-shakespeare-was-born-t00042
Bibliography
- Conrad, Peter. The Victorian Treasure-house. Collins, 1973.
- Østermark-Johansen, Lene. Walter Pater's European Imagination. Oxford University Press, 2022.
- Upstone, Robert. The Pre-Raphaelite Dream: Paintings & Drawings from the Tate Collection. Harry N. Abrams, 2003.