Painter:

Abbey, Edwin Austin 1852-1911  Search this

Medium:

Oil on canvas

Type:

Paintings

Owner/Location:

Corcoran Gallery of Art 500 17th Street, N.W Washington District of Columbia 20006 Accession Number: 26.2

Date:

1898-1900

Notes:

"A catalogue of the collection of American paintings in the Corcoran Gallery of Art; volume 2," Washington, D.C.: Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1973, pg. 7.

Cash, Sarah, ed., "Corcoran Gallery of Art, American Paintings to 1945," Washington, DC: Corcoran Gallery of Art in association with Hudson Hills Press, 2011, pg. 285.

Summary:

The scene depicted is Act II, Scene 4 of Shakespeare's Henry VIII, and shows the Hall at Black-Friars, with the King seated on his throne, the Archbishop of Canterbury standing behind Cardinal Wolsey, and Queen Katharine making her appeal to Cardinal Wolsey.

Topic:

Literature--Shakespeare--Henry VIII  Search this

Literature--Character--Queen Katherine  Search this

Literature--Character--Henry VIII  Search this

Control number:

IAP 08260267

Data Source:

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

EDAN-URL:

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