List of deaccessioned paintings

{DRAFT} Return of the prodigal paintings, D25 and D29.

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