Touchstone and Audrey
Touchstone and Audrey
Hon. John Collier ROI, RP, OBE (1850 - 1934)
Date: c.1890
Dimensions:
2000 x 1520 mm
Medium: Oil on canvas
Object number: GA0931
DescriptionTaken from the beginning of Act 5 Scene 1 from 'As you like it' by William Shakespeare.
Appears to depict the words:
'But Audrey, there is a youth here in this forest lays claim to you'
The Forest.
Enter Touchstone & Audrey
Touchstone:
we shall find a time, Audrey; patience, gentle Audrey.
Audrey:
Faith, the priest was good enough, for all the old gentleman's saying.
Touchstone:
A most wicked Sir Oliver, Audrey, a most vile Martext. But Audrey, there is a youth here in the forest lays claim to you.
Audrey:
Ay, I know, who 'tis, he hath no interest in me in the world; here comes the man you mean.
Touchstone:
It is meat and drink to me to see a clown; by my troth, we that have good wits have much to answer for, we shall be flouting; we cannot hold.
Enter William
(Christopher Jordan 10/09)
Appears to depict the words:
'But Audrey, there is a youth here in this forest lays claim to you'
The Forest.
Enter Touchstone & Audrey
Touchstone:
we shall find a time, Audrey; patience, gentle Audrey.
Audrey:
Faith, the priest was good enough, for all the old gentleman's saying.
Touchstone:
A most wicked Sir Oliver, Audrey, a most vile Martext. But Audrey, there is a youth here in the forest lays claim to you.
Audrey:
Ay, I know, who 'tis, he hath no interest in me in the world; here comes the man you mean.
Touchstone:
It is meat and drink to me to see a clown; by my troth, we that have good wits have much to answer for, we shall be flouting; we cannot hold.
Enter William
(Christopher Jordan 10/09)