McArdell, James. James Quin as Falstaff

Folger bibliographic ID: 128660
Pressly, W.L. Paintings in the Folger Shakespeare Library: 118
Folger call number: FPa41
Folger holdings ID: 230166

Bibliographic format

53.3 x 40 cm

General notes

Inscribed on paper at lower left: "Capon 2.4 / Sack 7.0 / Bread .1/2" Version: What was described as "an amateur copy" either after the Folger picture or McArdell's mezzotint was owned by the American Shakespeare Festival Theatre by 1964. It was sold at Sotheby Parke Bernet on 15 January 1976, lot 142 Also available as a digital reproduction John Anderson, Jr., opened a small auction house under his own name in 1900 at 34 W. 30th St., New York, March 1911, $150, as by Hayman (receipt is in C Deck correspondence) Title from Pressly

Publications

New York, 1964, mentioned in entry no. 41 as by McArdell; Highfill 1973-, vol. 12, p. 241 (no. 16), as by McArdell

Extended title: James Quin as Falstaff attributed to James McArdell

Quin, James, 1693-1766 Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. King Henry IV Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616

artist: McArdell, James, approximately 1729-1765
depiction: Quin, James, 1693-1766
subject: Quin, James, 1693-1766
subject: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616