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Section of water pipe
1800-1840
X.47
Wood, iron
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
William Charles Macready (1793-1873)
Title
William Charles Macready (1793-1873)
Date
1827
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
Overall: 30 1/4 x 25 1/2 in. ( 76.8 x 64.8 cm )
Credit Line
Gift of the New York Gallery of Fine Arts
Object Number
1858.80
Marks
inscription: on back: "Mr. Macready in the character of Wm Tell. / Copyd from H Inman's original sketch from Life / by Cummings. 1827"
Gallery Label
British-born actor William Charles Macready first toured the United States in 1826-27, at which time Henry Inman painted the oil sketch (now at the Metropolitan Museum of Art) on which this copy in based. The actor is represented in the title role from "William Tell," a tragedy by Friedrich von Schiller.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
