Narrative and allegorical works Portraits of Shakespeare
engraving of thomas bank s sculpture.
from mid-18th century number of paintings , sculptures made depicted shakespeare part of narrative or allegorical scenario symbolising genius.
allegories
in addition ideal portrait angelica kauffman created allegorical birth of shakespeare (c. 1770), depicted baby shakespeare personification of fantasy , muses of tragedy , comedy. @ bottom of composition scepter, crown, , mask of tragedy, portending child s brilliant future. george romney painted similar picture of baby shakespeare surrounded symbolic figures entitled infant shakespeare attended nature , passions. according description, nature represented face unveiled favourite child, placed between joy , sorrow. on right of nature love, hatred & jealousy; on left hand, anger, envy, & fear. romney painted simpler version of scene entitled shakespeare nursed tragedy , comedy.
another allegory present in thomas banks shakespeare attended painting , poetry, in poet glorified symbolic figures lauding creative genius.
narratives
a stylised version of droeshout portrait in brickwork of house in stratford road, heaton, newcastle upon tyne
in same period artists began depict real or imagined scenes shakespeare s life, popularised prints. popularity of such scenes high in victorian era. popular apocryphal story of young shakespeare being brought before sir thomas lucy on charge of poaching, depicted several artists. more respectable , patriotic scene of shakespeare reading work queen elizabeth painted several artists, such john james chalon.
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