Christopher Sly and the Page, as His Wife, Robert Smirke, 1752-1845, British, 1821, Pen and brown ink, brown wash, gouache, and oil on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper pasted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper, Sheet: 6 7/16 x 4 7/16 inches (16.3 x 11.2 cm) and Image: 5 3/16 x 4 inches (13.2 x 10.2 cm), barefoot, bed, crowd, drapery, figure study, husband, illusion, kneeling, literary theme, men, necklace, pillows, plays by William Shakespeare, servants, shoes, squires, The Taming of the Shrew, play by William Shakespeare, wife, women