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Summary

Scene from Taming of the Shrew, by C. R. Leslie R.A., in the South Kensington Museum.
Artist
William Luson Thomas (1830–1900), after the original by C. R. Leslie (1794-1859) in the South Kensington Museum
William Luson Thomas  (1830–1900)  wikidata:Q8014794
 
William Luson Thomas
Alternative names
William Luson Thomas, W. Thomas: British (wood) engraver
Description British printmaker, publisher and illustrator
Date of birth/death 4 December 1830 Edit this at Wikidata 16 October 1900 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth London Edit this at Wikidata
Work location
Paris and (mainly) London
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q8014794
After Charles Robert Leslie  (1794–1859)  wikidata:Q325633 s:en:Author:Charles Robert Leslie q:en:Charles Robert Leslie
 
After Charles Robert Leslie
Alternative names
Charles Robert Leslie, C. R. Leslie: British painter
Description British painter, autobiographer, biographer, writer and art historian
Date of birth/death 19 October 1794 Edit this at Wikidata 5 May 1859 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death London Edit this at Wikidata London Edit this at Wikidata
Work period from 1810 on
Work location
in 1810: Philadelphia, U.S., from 1811: London, UK.
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artist QS:P170,Q4233718,P1877,Q325633
Author
The Illustrated London News
Title
Scene from Taming of the Shrew, by C. R. Leslie R.A., in the South Kensington Museum.
Description

This is the scene with the cap and gown in Act IV, Scene III. The scene is a bit complicated, so here's a quote from a little earlier in the play, where Petruchio is planning how he will tame the shrew. (Act IV, Scene I)

My falcon now is sharp and passing empty;
And till she stoop she must not be full-gorged,
For then she never looks upon her lure.
Another way I have to man my haggard,
To make her come and know her keeper's call,
That is, to watch her, as we watch these kites
That bate and beat and will not be obedient.
She eat no meat to-day, nor none shall eat;
Last night she slept not, nor to-night she shall not;
As with the meat, some undeserved fault
I'll find about the making of the bed;
And here I'll fling the pillow, there the bolster,
This way the coverlet, another way the sheets:
Ay, and amid this hurly I intend
That all is done in reverend care of her;
And in conclusion she shall watch all night:
And if she chance to nod I'll rail and brawl
And with the clamour keep her still awake.
This is a way to kill a wife with kindness;
And thus I'll curb her mad and headstrong humour.
He that knows better how to tame a shrew,
Now let him speak: 'tis charity to show.

This image shows events from a bit later: Petruchio has just rejected a cap he had ordered for Kate (seen on the ground) over her wishes, because it was not good enough for her, and is now analysing and finding fault with a gown he had ordered for her. It too will soon be rejected, despite Kate's liking for it, until she learns to obey her husband's will. By the end of it, he'll literally have her agreeing the sun is the moon, if he says so.

A slightly different version by Charles Rolls

Catherine and Petruchio (from William Shakespeare's 'The Taming of the Shrew', Act iv, Sc.iii) - the original by C. R. Leslie. Exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1832 The caption for the original painting (owned by the National Trust at Petworth) was:

Petruchio: Brav'd in mine own house with a skein of thread! Away! thou rag, thou quantity, thou remnant: Or I shall so be-mete thee with thy yard, As thou shalt think on prating whilst thou livs't! I tell thee, I, that thou hast marr'd her gown.

Taylor: Your worship is deceiv'd, the gown is made Just as my master has direction Grumio gave order how it should be made.

Grumio: I gave no order, I gave the stuff."

Experts have asserted to the National Trust that the tailor, second from right, was posed for by David Wilkie, the artist - aged 47 in 1832.

According to the ILN on page 430, This picture painted in 1838, is a repetition, with alterations, of that in the Petworth Collection.
Date 3 November 1866
date QS:P571,+1866-11-03T00:00:00Z/11
Source/Photographer The Illustrated London News, Nov. 3, 1866 - p. 429
Other versions Image:Taming of the Shrew web resolution.jpg - downsampled and blurred
This is a retouched picture, which means that it has been digitally altered from its original version. Modifications: Dirt and ink blot removal, levels adjustment, gaps between woodblocks lessened in prominence. Stitching by User:Esby.

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