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Love's Labour's Lost, Act I, Scene 1
(18th and 19th Centuries )
In addition to the scenes of frontier life for which the artist is best known, Miller sketched many depictions of actors and theatrical subjects. This sketch is captioned with two lines from Shakespeare's "Love's Labour's Lost:"
Wellcome the Sour Cup of prosperity.-
Affliction may one day smile again.
This identifies the scene as the final moments of Act I, Scene 1, in which constable Dull and the cynical courtier Berowne march the clownish Costard off stage.
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Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Inherited by L. Vernon Miller, Baltimore [1]; inherited by Katherine B. Miller, Baltimore, 1965; given to Decatur Miller, Baltimore, 1982; given to Walters Art Museum, 1994.
[1] passed directly from the artist down through his family.
Exhibitions
| 2010 | Great Illustrations: Drawings and Books from the Walters' Collection. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. |
Geographies
USA (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 4 9/16 x W: 6 1/4 in. (11.6 x 15.8 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Decatur and Sally Miller, 1994
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
37.2709