Hand-carved and water gilded replica of our exceptionally rare 18th century English Neoclassical entablature frame, with six orders of ornament, which was a model used by John Boydell for his Shakespeare Gallery paintings
Reverend Matthew Williams Peters (1742-1814)
Hero, Ursula and Beatrice in Leonato's Garden (act 3, scene 1 from Much do About Nothing), 1788-89
oil on canvas 102 x 73 1/2in
Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh
Gift of Alex C. Speyer, Darthea Speyer and Nora Fromboluti, 2002.77