Walter H. Deverells Twelfth Night

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Walter H. Deverells Twelfth Night
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Who was Walter H. Deverell?

• Deverell was never a recognized member of
  the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, but he was
  acquainted with them and claimed D.G. Rosetti as
  his friend 1. His body of work is fairly small
  compared to his contemporaries.

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Twelfth Night by Shakespeare

• A comedy composed by our beloved Billy between
  1599 and 1601. 2

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Twelfth Night, a Tale of Mistaken Identity and
Cross-Dressing
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Synopsis

• The leading character Viola finds herself
  shipwrecked and separated from her twin brother
  at the beginning of the play. Disguised as a
  male, she enters the service of Duke Orsino, who
  is smitten by the lovely Lady Olivia. The Duke
  asks the disguised Viola, who has already fallen
  in love with him, to woo Olivia in his stead.
  Unfortunately, Olivia falls in love with the
  male Viola. Eventually, Violas twin,
  Sebastian, arrives and is mistaken for Viola by
  Lady Olivia. The play ends in a declaration of
  marriage between the Duke and Viola, and Olivia
  and Sebastian 2.

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Scene featured in the Painting

• Give me some music. Now, good morrow,
  friends. / Now, good Cesario, but that piece of
  song, / That old and antique song we heard last
  night /
• Methought it did relieve my passion much, /
  More than light airs and recollected terms / Of
  these most brisk and giddy-paced times /Come,
  but one verse. . . . / O, fellow, come, the song
  we had last night. / Mark it, Cesario, it is old
  and plain / The spinsters and the knitters in
  the sun / And the free maids that weave their
  thread with bones / Do use to chant it it is
  silly sooth, / And dallies with the innocence of
  love, / Like the old age.
• From Act II, Scene iv.

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So What does this Picture Say about Twelfth Night?
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The Clothing is not quite Elizabethan
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Bibliography

• 1http//www.english.emory.edu/classes/Shakespear
  e_Illustrated/Deverell.Duke.html
• 2 http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelfth_night