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1 of 253523 objects
Herbert Bone (1853-1931)
Study for the balcony scene from Romeo and Juliet c.1886
RCIN 932224
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A study for a depiction of the balcony scene from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. This is one of a group of designs made by Herbert Bone for the Royal Tapestry Manufactory at Windsor, which opened in 1876. On the verso is a study for the unfinished tapestry The Coming of the Dane.
A finished Romeo and Juliet tapestry, dated 1886, is in the collection of the National Gallery Victoria (accession number p.169-D1M).
Provenance
Presented with a group of material by Herbert Bone to the Royal Library by Margaret Bone, daughter of the artist, 1930-1963
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Creator(s)
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Other number(s)
RL 32224
