TitleUntitled - Man in Shakespearean costume seated at a table
Artist
George Henry Hall
(American, 1825 - 1913)
Date1857
MediumCharcoal on gray wove paper
DimensionsSheet size: 19 7/16 × 15 in.
MarkingsWatermark: F. JOHANNOT
Credit LineNational Academy of Design, New York, Gift of James Craig, 1985
Object number1985.199
Label TextThis drawing relates to Hall’s large oil of Shakespeare seated holding a pen in his hand. The artist brought the painting with him on a visit to England and gave it as a gift to the Memorial Theatre in Stratford-Upon-Avon (now the Royal Shakespeare Theatre). Hall is known to have worked on the painting for a number of years, finally completing it in 1896.
