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CALDESI & MONTECCHI (ACTIVE 1857-67)

'Scene from As You Like It': The Wrestling Scene from 'As You Like It'

1857

Albumen print | 20.3 x 28.4 cm (image) | RCIN 2081541

Photograph of the painting 'The Wrestling Scene in " from of Act 1 scene iv of William Shakespeare's 'As You Like It' by Daniel Maclise (1806-70). The painting depicts Orlando and Charles who are about to engage in a fight with each other as Rosalind and Celia, who stand in the centre, look on. Edward Ladd Betts commissioned the painting from Maclise in 1854.

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Caldesi & Montecchi (active 1857-67) (photographer)

After Daniel Maclise (1806-70) (artist)
20.3 x 28.4 cm (image)

54.5 x 35.8 cm (page dimensions)
Presented to Prince Albert
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- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
  
  Sports
  
  Wrestling
- Language, Linguistics and Literature
  
  Literature
  
  English literature
  
  As You Like It (Shakespeare)
- Science, Medicine and Technology
  
  Agriculture and related techniques
  
  Animal husbandry
  
  Dogs
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'Scene from As You Like It': The Wrestling Scene from 'As You Like It'

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