Hanging, Bed

Title:

Shakespeare and Garrick

Object Name:

Hanging, Bed

Object ID:

1975.056.02

Creator:

Roubillac, Louis Francois (1702-1762)Artist

Place of Origin:

England

Date:

1780-1790

Description:

Bedcover or hanging. Shakespeare and Garrick. Copperplate printed brown and white cotton toile of 48 warps x 40 wefts/inch with a 34" inch pattern repeat. Four-panel construction of the same fabric but staggered for variation in the pattern of flowering vines and connecting portraits with scrolls, cherubs, and angels. Panel widths of 13.5", right center 28", left center 28", and left 18", joined with 0.13" seams. Edges of panel seams are selvedges. Outside edges all hemmed with 0.13" hem. Right panel pieced horizontally at middle, with one piece laid out in reverse direction. At center, Shakespeare standing on pedestal in pontificating poise holding or leaning on pages. Pedestal has profile with "GARRICK" underneath. Cherub to the left holding a book with "HAMLET LEAR OTHELLO ROMEOS & c" on one page "WINTER TEMPEST" on other. Cherub holds a scroll that reads, "THE NYMPH IMMORTALITY CROWNS A STATUE OF or WHERE SHAKESPEARE STANDS".
Cherubs also holding portraits of British actors with identifying scrolls attached providing the name and roles performed. First "Mr. Cooke is Iago in Othello". Second "Miss Farren is Olivia in Twelthnight". Third "Miss Abington in Comedy." Fourth Holman as Falconbridge in King John". Second panel, first is "Mr.Kemble Richard III". Second "Miss Siddon in Tragedy". Third "Miss Burton as Horatia in Roman Father. Flaw in printing most visible on center right panel; extends most of the length right panel. Same pattern as 2002.637.19.

Material:

Textile
Cotton

Dimensions:

W-85 L-93.5 inches

Provenance:

Gift of William L. Warren who purchased it from Nathan Liverant & Son, Colchester, CT, in January 1966, with a provenance of Norwich, CT.

Credit Line:

Gift of William L. Warren

People:

Roubillac, Louis Francois (1702-1762), Garrick, David (1717-1779), Merry, Anna Burton (1769-1808), Warren, William L. (1912-1998), Kemble, John Philip (1757-1823), Siddons, Sarah (1755-1831), Cooke, George Fredrick (1756-1812), Shakespeare, William (1564-1616), Abington, Frances (1737-1815), Holman, Joseph George (1764-1817)

Subjects:

Toile, Block prints, Bedding, Textile printing, Shakespeare, William