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Now All the Youth of England are on Fire, and Silken Dalliance in the Wardrobe Lies

James Abbott Pasquier
active 1851-1872

Now All the Youth of England are on Fire, and Silken Dalliance in the Wardrobe Lies

1854
4 15/16 x 7 inches (126 x 179 mm); mounted on sheet: 14 x 10 1/16 inches (355 x 255 mm)
Pen and brown ink and watercolor over graphite, touched with white, on paper.
1986.2104:5

Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.

Notes
Title and attribution from accompanying cover sheet.
Drawing illustrates a passage from the chorus of Act 2 of Shakespeare's "King Henry V".
Forms part of the portfolio of 11 drawings entitled, "Shreds from Shakespeare Illustrated by Members of the Crayon Club", dated 1854 (see 1986.2104).
Summary

Drawing shows two armorers and a page(?) fitting and equipping a group of knights with armor.

Associated names
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department