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Mr. Kean as Othello [graphic].

Cass, Peggy, former owner.; Fisher, Carl, -1974, former owner.; Speaight, George, former owner.; Craven, Babette, 1910-1998, former owner.; Theatre Royal, Drury Lane (London, England); W. Russell Button Gallery, former owner.
1835
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Digital image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library ART File K24.4 no.99

Title
Mr. Kean as Othello [graphic].
Created/published
London : Pub. by A. Park, 47 Leonard St, Finsbury, [between 1835 and 1863?]
Description
1 print : aquatint and etching ; mount 280 x 202 mm
Associated name
Cass, Peggy, former owner.
Fisher, Carl, -1974, former owner.
Speaight, George, former owner.
Craven, Babette, 1910-1998, former owner.
Theatre Royal, Drury Lane (London, England)
W. Russell Button Gallery, former owner.
Summary
Full-length, to front, standing, legs apart, looking to viewer's right; lamp in his upraised left hand, dagger in his extended right hand.
Note
"No. 82."

Physical description based on tinseled copy, trimmed and mounted on card.

Imprint from National Trust (Great Britain) Inventory Number 1118327.

Date based on A. Park's trading dates at 47 Leonard St. address.
Cited/described in
Harvard Theatre Collection. Catalogue of dramatic portraits, Kean, Edmund 116
Linked resources
Digital image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library ART File K24.4 no.99
Genre/form
Portraits, Male.
Prints.
Toy theaters.
Playbills.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.

Call number
ART Flat c15 no.12
Folger-specific note
Hand-colored and tinseled; trimmed below title, removing imprint, and mounted on card. Provenance: part of the George Speaight Collection and previously owned by W. Russell Button Gallery, Chicago, IL; from the Peggy Cass and Carl Fisher Collection of tinsel prints; Barry S. Slosberg appraisal, dated October 15, 2002, item 56.
Folger accession
255886
Call number
ART File K24.4 no.99 (size M)
Folger-specific note
Trimmed, removing imprint, and mounted on larger sheet. Playbill for Othello at Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, July 26, 1821 mounted to back of same support.
Call number
ART 241- 350c (realia) (B2b)
Folger-specific note
Hand-colored and tinseled, with lamp replaced by handkerchief; trimmed below title, removing imprint; in 19th century satinwood frame. From the Babette Craven collection of theatrical memorabilia.
Call number
ART Vol. b8 no.145
Folger-specific note
Hand-colored.

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