Cloth Fragment

Object Name:

Cloth Fragment

Object ID:

2002.637.19

Creator:

Inventor

Place of Origin:

England

Date:

1780-1790

Description:

Textile fragment. Manufactured in England. Artwork by French artist Louis Francois Roubillac (1702-1762), titled "Shakespeare and Garrick." Copper-plate printed red on plain-woven white cotton of 48 warps x 40 wefts/inch, 34" pattern repeat. Pattern of flowering vines, connecting portraits with scrolls, cherubs, and angels. Pedestal has profile with "GARRICK" underneath. Left cherub holding a book; one page reads "HAMLET / LEAR / OTHELLO / ROMEOS & c"; opposite page, "WINTER / TEMPEST". Cherub holding a scroll that reads "THE NYMPH IMMORTALITY CROWNS A STATUE OF or WHERE SHAKESPEARE STANDS". Cherubs holding portraits of British actors with scrolls naming each and roles played on stage; first, "Mr. Cooke is Iago in Othello", second, "Holman as Falconbridge in King John". Three edges hand seamed 0.125", one selvedge. Same print as 1975.056.02.

Material:

Textile
Cotton

Dimensions:

W-22 L-18.5 inches

Provenance:

Found in collection.

Credit Line:

New Hampshire Historical Society Collection

People:

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

Subjects:

Toile, Cotton, Block prints, Bedding, Textile printing, Textiles, Shakespeare, William, Furnitures, Cherubs, Angels