Catherine and Petruchio (from William Shakespeare's 'The Taming of the Shrew', Act iV, Sc.III)
Charles Robert Leslie (London 1794 - London 1859)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1832 (exh at RA)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
485 x 690 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Petworth House and Park, West Sussex
NT 485053
Caption
Petruchio: Brav'd in mine own house with a skein of thread! Away! thou rag, thou quantity, thou remnant: Or I shall so be-mete thee with thy yard, As thou shalt think on prating whilst thou livs't! I tell thee, I, that thou hast marr'd her gown. Taylor: Your worship is deceiv'd, the gown is made Just as my master has direction Grumio gave order how it should be made. Grumio: I gave no order, I gave the stuff."
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Catherine and Petruchio (from William Shakespeare's 'The Taming of the Shrew', Act iV, Sc.III) by Charles Robert Leslie (London 1794 - London 1859), 1832. Catherine is seated left, biting her necklace. Petruchio is standing, with his back turned centre, holding her cloak. A lad in the background has a large band box and a table is laid on the right, with three other figures. The figures in the painting were identified in Finden as - from left to right - Katharine, Hortensio, Petruchio, Grumio, and the tailor's and haberdasher's assistants. As a reviewer in the Athenaeum, 26 May 1832, put it, "Nothing can be finer than the made-up look which she has of resistence, and the havoc which her teeth are making of her necklace, of which she seems quite unconscious." It has been ponted out the figure of the tailor, second from right, was posed for by the artist, David Wilkie - who was 47 in 1832.
Provenance
In the collection of the 3rd Earl of Egremont (1751-1837) by 1835. By descent to the current Lord Egremont. On loan from the Egremont Private Collection
Credit line
Petworth, The Egremont Collection
Marks and inscriptions
134 (front, bottom right corner)
Makers and roles
Charles Robert Leslie (London 1794 - London 1859), artist