Artist/Maker
George Whiting Flagg
(American, 1816 – 1897)
Collector
Luman Reed
(American, 1787 – 1836)
Falstaff Playing King
ca. 1834
Oil on canvas
Unframed: 35 1/2 × 28 1/2 in. (90.2 × 72.4 cm)
Framed: 41 1/2 × 34 1/2 × 2 1/2 in. (105.4 × 87.6 × 6.4 cm)
Framed: 41 1/2 × 34 1/2 × 2 1/2 in. (105.4 × 87.6 × 6.4 cm)
Gift of the New-York Gallery of the Fine Arts
1858.16
Flagg's painting is based on the play King Henry the Fourth by Master William Shakespeare (1564-1616), part 1, act 2, scene 4.
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