List of deaccessioned paintings

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Return of the prodigal paintings, D25 and D29.

List of paintings at the Folger in the Pressly Catalogue

Deaccessioned paintings

Pressly number Artist Title Year Physical Description Provenance Location
D1 Joseph Barney (1751-1829) Prospero, Miranda, and Ferdinand ( The Tempest I.2) 1788 Oil on canvas, 39 1/4 x 51 1/2 in. Case number 1649; Bought from A. Betts, ESq., London, through Maggs, February 1927, ₤35 plus 10 percent commission; sold to ASFTA, February 1962; Sold to Parke Bernet, 15 January 1976, lot 37, repr., $275
D2 Hillary Bell (1857-1903) Charles Fisher as Falstaff in The Merry Wives of Windsor 1886 Oil painting, 35 x 35 in. Augustin Daly sale, Anderson Galleries, 27 November 1912, lot 67, $55 plus 10 percent commission, George D. Smith acting as agent; Parke Bernet shipment, March 1964; Coleman Auction Galleries, 15-16 April 1964, lot 14, $25
D3 Charles A. Buchel (1872-1950) Basil Gill as Ferdinand ( The Tempest) 1901-1904 Oil painting, approximately 15 1/2 x 11 1/2 in. Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree sale, Phillips, 13 September 1924, lot 206; bought from Michelmore, October 1921, ₤200, in a group of three; Parke Bernet shipment, sold Park Bernet, 21 May 1954, $30 for three
D4 Charles A. Buchel (1872-1950) Lionel Brough as Trinculo ( The Tempest) 1901-1904 Oil painting, approximately 15 1/2 x 11 1/2 in. Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree sale, Phillips, lot 201; Michelmore catalogue Shakespeareana Illustrated, [1923?], no. 27, purchased January 1923, one of seven items for ₤400; Parke Bernet shipment, March 1964, sold Parke Bernet, 21 May 1964, lot 122, $35 for five
D5 Charles A. Buchel (1872-1950) Louis Calvert as Stephano ( The Tempest) 1901-1904 Oil painting, approximately 15 1/2 x 11 1/2 in. Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree sale, Phillips, lot 208; Michelmore catalogue Shakespeareana Illustrated, [1923?], no. 28, purchased January 1923, one of seven items for ₤400; Parke Bernet shipment, March 1964, sold Parke Bernet, 21 May 1964, lot 122, $35 for five
D6 Charles A. Buchel (1872-1950) D. Lyn Harding as Antonio ( The Tempest) 1901-1904 Oil painting, approximately 15 1/2 x 11 1/2 in. Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree sale, Phillips, lot 203; bought from Michelmore, October 1921, ₤200, in a group of three; Parke Bernet shipment, March 1964, sold Parke Bernet, 21 May 1964, lot 124, $30 for three
D7 Charles A. Buchel (1872-1950) William Haviland as Prospero ( The Tempest) 1901-1904 Oil painting, approximately 15 1/2 x 11 1/2 in. Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree sale, Phillips, lot 202; bought from MIchelmore, January 1922, ₤65; Parke Bernet shipment, March 1964, sold Parke Bernet, 21 May 1964, lot 124, $30 for three
D8 Charles A. Buchel (1872-1950) Prospero's Cave (Scene from The Tempest) 1901-1904 Oil painting, approximately 13 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree sale, Phillips, lot 199; Michelmore catalogue Shakespeareana Illustrated, [1923?], no. 29, purchased May 1923, ₤22; Parke Bernet shipment, March 1924, sold Parke Bernet, 21 May 1964, lot 122, $35 for five
D9 Charles A. Buchel (1872-1950) A Wood (Scene from The Tempest) 1901-1904 Oil painting, approximately 13 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree sale, Phillips, lot 176; bought from Michelmore, October 1921, ₤200, in a group of three. There is no record of its being part of Parke Bernet shipment, but it is no longer in the collection.
D10 Charles A. Buchel (1872-1950) Norman Forbes as Sir Andrew Aguecheek ( Twelfth Night) 1901-1904 Oil painting, approximately 15 1/2 x 11 1/2 in. Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree sale, Phillips, lot 176; bought from Michelmore, October 1921, ₤22; Parke Bernet shipment, March 1964, sold Parke Bernet, 21 May 1964, lot 122, $35 for five
D11 Charles A. Buchel (1872-1950) Miss Zeffie Tilbury as Maria ( Twelfth Night) 1901-1904 Oil painting, approximately 15 1/2 x 11 1/2 in. Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree sale, Phillips, lot 178; Michelmore catalogue Shakespeareana Illustrated, [1923?], no. 26, purchased May 1923, ₤22; Parke Bernet shipment, March 1964, sold Parke Bernet, 21 May 1964, lot 122, $35 for five
D12 Charles William Campbell (1855-1887) Ellen Terry as Ophelia (Hamlet) Oil on canvas, 32 x 16 in. Henry Irving sale, Christie's, 16 December 1905, lot 112, 10 guineas ($75), as by C. C. Campbell; sold to ASFTA, February 1962; sold Sotheby Parke Bernet, 15 January 1976, lot 72, $160
D13 John Cawse (1779-1862) Falstaff Choosing His Recruits (Henry IV, Part 2 III.2) ca. 1818 Oil on canvas, 25 1/4 x 33 1/4 in. Case number: 1750; Parsons, January 1928, ₤30.10.0; sold to ASFTA, February 1962 Yale Center for British Art
D14 Alonzo Chappel (1828-1887) Portrait of Shakespeare 1858 Oil painting, 14 x 15 1/2 in. (Folger card file); 8 3/4 x 6 3/4 in. (1976 sale catalogue) Case number: 1311; Commissioned by Moncure D. Conway, sold to Folger by his son Eustace Conway through Thomas F. Madigan, October 1923, $175; sold to ASTFA, February 1962; Sotheby Parke Bernet, 15 January 1976m kit 76, as Shakespeare with His Dog, $400
D15 George Clint (1770-1854) Edmund Kean as Richard III Oil painting, 27 x 23 in. Parsons, March 1929, $190. In 1950, Maurice Block listed this work as not found [no. 30]
D16 George Clint (1770-1854), attributed A Scene from John Howard Payne's "The Merry Monarch" (Formerly Madame Vestris and John Philip Kemble in The Taming of the Shrew IV.3) Oil on canvas, 24 x 17 1/2 in. Case number: 1709; Parsons, September 1927, ₤50; sold to ASFTA, February 1962; sold Sotheby Parke Bernet, 15 January 1976, lot 77, repr., $650; sold Boothbay Theatre Museum Collection, Oliver's Auction Gallery, Kennebunk, Maine, June 22, 1990, no. 7 with new identification
D17 William Gersham Collingwood (1854-1932) Valley of the Reykjadatsa [Reekdale] River from Deildartunga Oil painting, 10 1/2 x 12 1/2 in. Source unknown; Parke Bernet shipment, March 1964
D18 George Cruikshank (1792-1878) The First Appearance of William Shakespeare on the Stage of the Globe with Part of His Dramatic Company in 1564 1864-1865 Oil on canvas, 27 7/8 x 21 7/8 in. Woodin; Parke Bernet, 6-7 January 1942, lot 179; Maggs, cat. 429, $225; sold to ASFTA, February 1962; Yale Center for British Art, 1975 Yale Center for British Art
D19 George Cruikshank (1792-1878) Falstaff at Herne's Oak (The Merry Wives of Windsor V.5) 1857 Oil painting, 36 x 48 in. Case number: 1619; Purchased from Walter T. Spenser, London, February 1920, by George D. Smith; acquired by Folger from R. J. C. Lingel, president, George D. Smith Book Co., December 1926, $1,000; sold to ASFTA, February 1962; Yale Center for British Art, 1975 Yale Center for British Art
D20 George Cruikshank (1792-1878) Touchstone and Audrey (As You Like It III.3) 1856 Oil on canvas, 27 x 22 in. Case number: 858; Fifth Avenue Auction Room, 13 February 1909, no. 885, $71.50, Smith acting as agent; sold to ASFTA, Februrary 1962; sold Sotheby Parke Bernet, 15 January 1976, lot 86, repr. $600
D21 Thomas Francis Dicksee (1819-1895) Ophelia (Hamlet III.1) 1875 Oil on canvas, 38 x 25 in. Michelmore catalogue Shakespeareana Illustrated, [1923?], repr. in color, $500 (asking price had been ₤200; presumably reduced to ₤125); sold to Amherst College, February 1961, $300 Amherst College
D22 Thomas Francis Dicksee (1819-1895), or Sir Frank Dicksee (1853-1928) Othello and Desdemona (Othello V.2) Oil on canvas, 44 x 66 in. Case number: 1927; Michelmore, July 1929, ₤50, as by T.F. Dicksee; sold to ASFTA, February 1962, as by T.F. Dicksee; Sotheby Parke Bernet, 15 January 1976, lot 93, as by Frank dicksee, repr. $1,400
D23 Thomas Francis Dicksee (1819-1895), or Sir Frank Dicksee (1853-1928) Juliet and the Friar (Romeo and Juliet IV.1) 1881 Oil on canvas, 31 x 37 in. Maggs, 1926, cat. no. 250, repr. pl. XLIX, as by T.F. Dicksee, ₤60 (asking price), $270 (payment recorded in Folger file); sold to ASFTA, February 1962, as by T.F. Dicksee; sold Sotheby Parke Bernet, 15 January 1976, lot 92, as by Frank Dicksee, repr., $550
D24 Harold Dunbar (b.1882) Viola Allen as Viola in Twelfth Night 1905 Oil painting, 27 1/2 x 43 1/2 in. Presented by Charles W. Allen, 13 July 1948; Parke Bernet shipment, March 1964; sold Coleman Auction Galleries, 15-16 April 1964, lot 15, $25
D25 G[eorge?] Francis (fl. late 18th, early 19th centuries) David Garrick as King Lear (King Lear III.5) 1810 Oil on canvas, 17 1/2 x 22 in. Schatzki, January 1945, $180; sold to ASFTA, February 1962; Sotheby Parke Bernet, 15 January 1976, lot 97, repr., $250; Reacquired by Folger in 2012 Folger Shakespeare Library
D26a William Henry Freeman (fl. 1839-75) Recto: Scene from Hamlet I.4
D26b William Henry Freeman (fl. 1839-75) Verso: Study of Falstaff 1840 Oil on cardboard, 12 x 14 in. Case number: 1388; Maggs, 5 February 1925, $145 In 1950, Maurice Block listed this work as not found [no. 56]
D27 Albert Goodwin (1845-1932) Before the Cell of Prospero (The Tempest I.2) 1908 Gouache and oil, 21 x 20 1/2 in. Michelmore, June 1928, ₤150 (asking price); sold to ASFTA, February 1962; Sotheby Parke Bernet, 15 January 1976, no. 103, repr. $450
D28 George Henry Hall (1825-1913) Portrait of Shakespeare 1896 (original) Oil replica (?) of the painting, 56 1/2 x 47 in. Jennie Brownscombe, New York, January 1916, $95 (price included two crayon studies of head of Shakespeare); sold to Louis Marder, Kent State University, February 1964, $200
D29 William Hamilton (1750/1-1801) Brabantio's Accusation Against Othello (Othello I.3) Oil on panel, 24 1/2 x 19 1/2 in. Case number: 1838; Parsons, September 1928, ₤45 less 10 percent; sold to ASFTA, February 1962; reacquired by Folger in 2012 Folger Shakespeare Library
D30 William Hamilton (1750/1-1801) The First Meeting of Romeo and Juliet (Romeo and Juliet I.5) Oil on canvas, 25 x 30 in. Parsons, September 1927, 40 guineas; sold to ASFTA, February 1962; Sotheby Parke Bernet, 15 January 1976, lot 108, repr., $600
D31 William Hamilton, attributed Hero and Ursula with Beatrice Listening in the Garden (Much Ado About Nothing III.1) Oil on canvas, 22 1/2 x 16 1/2 in. Maggs, March 1925, £105, for this an no. 50; sold to ASFTA, February 1962; Sotheby Parke Bernet, 15 January 1976, lot 111, $125
D32 George Henry Harlow (1787-1819) The Court Scene for the Trial of Queen Katharine (Henry VIII II.4) Oil on canvas, 29 x 38 1/2 in. Case no. 1852; Parsons, October 1928, £42.14.6; sold to ASFTA, February 1962; Sotheby Parke Bernet, 15 January 1976, lot 114, $150
D33 William Salter Herrick (fl. 1852-1880) Othello Taking Leave of Desdemona (Othello, I.1) 1876 Oil on canvas, 20 x 16 in. Michelmore catalogue Shakespeareana Illustrated, [1923?], no. 41, repr. in color; bought by Folger, July 1926, $375; sold to ASFTA, February 1962; sold Sotheby Parke Bernet, 15 January 1976, lot 123, as "Look to Her Moor" (I, 3), repr., $225
D34 William Salter Herrick (fl. 1852-1880) Look to Her Moor (Othello I.3) 1860 Oil on canvas, 41 x 35 in. Michelmore, February 1930, £75l sold to ASFTA, February 1962; sold Sotheby Parke Bernet, 15 January 1976, lot 122, repr. $600
D35 William Hodges (1744-1797) Jacques and the Wounded Stag (As You Like It II.1) 1790 Oil on canvas, 36 1/4 x 48 1/2 in. Commissioned by Boydell for £73.10.0; sold by Christie, 17 May 1805, lot 41; bought by Sir Charles Burrell for 75 guineas; acquired by Folger from Parsons, October 1926, £40; sold to ASFTA, Februrary 1962; Yale Center for British Art, 1976 Yale Center for British Art
D36 James Reid Lambdin (1807-1889), after Thomas Sully George Frederick Cooke as Richard III Oil painting, 96 x 59 in. Case number 200; Augustin Daly (on exhibit in Daly's Theatre, New York); Daly sale, Anderson Galleries, 27 November 1912, lot 73, $140 plus 10 percent commission, Smith acting as agent; sold to ASFTA, February 1962
D37 after Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830) Kemble as Hamlet Oil painting, 77 x 44 in. Case number 1498; James Orrock sale, Christie's, 4-6 June 1904, lot 270; Viscount Leverhulme sale, Anderson Galeries, 17-19 (18) February 1926, lot 156, repr., $1200 plus 10 percent commission, Rosenbach acting as agent; sold to ASFTA, Februrary 1962.
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