King Richard killing the Duke

Folger bibliographic ID: 242607
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Folger holdings ID: 305664

General notes

Title derived from penciled note in lower right corner beneath image. Drawing is initialed in lower right corner. Despite the title note's indications as to subject matter, Darley's finished drawing which was based on this study indicates that the scene depicted is act 5, scene 6 of King Henry VI, part III, in which Richard (who is still the Duke of Gloucester at this point) stabs King Henry VI Sheet contains one large drawing and three smaller sketches above the large drawing and within its top right corner. Of all four sketches, it is actually one of the smaller ones (top left) which most closely resembles Darley's finished wash drawing in composition History: Sketches are studies for an ink wash drawing which was reproduced as a photogravure for the 'Darley Gallery of Shakespearean Illustration' published by Stoddart in New York and Philadelphia, 1884. The 1888 Bryant edition of Shakespeare, published by Amies, also contained the photogravure. FSL has the original wash drawing for which this study was made (ART Box D221 no.41, dated 1885) as well as copies of the resulting photogravure (ART Inv. 448 or ART Vol f80 and PR 2752 1888e Sh.Col.) Provenance: Drawing is listed as no. 466 in Henkel's Jan. 1909 Sale catalog. For further provenance information see entry under Darley for Darley gallery of Shakespearean illustration Also available as a digital reproduction

Extended title: King Richard killing the Duke D

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. King Henry VI Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Richard III, King of England, 1452-1485 Henry VI, King of England, 1421-1471

artist: Darley, Felix Octavius Carr, 1822-1888
depiction: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
depiction: Richard III, King of England, 1452-1485
depiction: Henry VI, King of England, 1421-1471
former owner: Darley, Jane Colburn, active 1859-1909