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Paintings: G0395
Title
Dame Madge Kendal
Technique
Oil on canvas
Subject
Character
Lady Giovanna : The Falcon
Artist
Dimensions
Height: 115.6cm
Width: 80cm
height (frame): 155cm
width (frame): 118cm
Width: 80cm
height (frame): 155cm
width (frame): 118cm
Provenance
Presented by the artist's widow, 1905
Other number
RW/CKA 76
Gift 291
Gift 291
Exhibition history
1883 London, R. A. (143)
1977 London, NPG, "Johan Zoffany, 1733-1810" (18)
1983 Buxton, Museum and Art Gallery, "Tale Retold. Boccaccio's Decameron 17th Century to 19th Century" (39)
Lady Giovanna wears a dark red velvet dress; a pink damask band around the bust is decorated in gold with green jewels.
Tennyson's slow-moving symbolistic drama was performed for the first time on 18 December 1879, at the St James's Theatre. The play was privately printed for the author in 1879, and was published with “The Cup” in 1882. See also G0820.
Tennyson's slow-moving symbolistic drama was performed for the first time on 18 December 1879, at the St James's Theatre. The play was privately printed for the author in 1879, and was published with “The Cup” in 1882. See also G0820.
