Piccirilli Brothers Marble Carving Studios Search this
Medium:
Georgia marble
Type:
Sculptures-Relief
Sculptures-Architectural component
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Folger Shakespeare Library 201 East Capitol Street, S.E Facade Washington District of Columbia 20003
Date:
1932
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, District of Columbia survey, 1994.
Gregory, John D. (son of artist), 1995.
Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985.
Goode, James M., "The Outdoor Sculpture of Washington, D.C., A Comprehensive Historical Guide," Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1974.
Michael Richman, SAAM curatorial assistant, 1967-1969.
Folger Shakespeare Library, 2006.
Goode, James M., "Washington Sculpture: A Cultural History of Outdoor Sculpture in the Nation's Capitol," Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008, no. 1.34.
Image on file.
Goode, James M., "The Outdoor Sculpture of Washington, D.C., A Comprehensive Historical Guide," Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1974, A-32.
Goode, James M., "Washington Sculpture: A Cultural History of Outdoor Sculpture in the Nation's Capitol," Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008, no. 1.34.
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Summary:
Nine reliefs, placed below each window of the exhibition room, each showing scenes from the plays by Shakespeare: Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, King Lear, Julius Caesar, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Merchant of Venice, Richard III, Hamlet, and Henry IV.
Topic:
Literature--Shakespeare--Midsummer Night's Dream Search this
Literature--Shakespeare--Romeo and Juliet Search this
Literature--Shakespeare--Merchant of Venice Search this
