Artist: Benjamin West
Date: 1792
Size: 276 x 387 cm
Museum: Cincinnati Art Museum (Cincinnati, United States)
Technique: Oil On Canvas
The American colonist Benjamin West settled in London in 1763 and became the second president of Great Britain’s Royal Academy of Arts. Academicians like West were attracted to Shakespeare, not only for the enormous visual potential offered by his dramatic subjects but for nationalistic associations with great English literature. West’s picture, illustrating Act 4, Scene 5 from
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