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Title
Edmund Kean as Richard the Third [graphic].
Created/published
[London] : Pub. by M. & M. Skelt, 11, Swan St. Minories, London, [between ca. 1837 and 1840]
Description
1 print : etching ; mount 242 x 197 mm
Associated name
M. & M. Skelt (Firm), publisher.
Material base
paper
Summary
Full length, to front, standing, looking to viewer's left; truncheon in his upraised right hand, his left hand clenched, downward to left, castle in background at right.
Note
"Given away with The boys of England."
Date range based on M. & M. Skelt's trading dates.
Description based on tinseled copy, trimmed and mounted on card.
Date range based on M. & M. Skelt's trading dates.
Description based on tinseled copy, trimmed and mounted on card.
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2009. The Curatorial Eye.
Cited/described in
Harvard Theatre Collection. Catalogue of dramatic portraits, Kean, Edmund, 205
Linked resources
Digital image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library ART Flat c15 no.55
Genre/form
Portraits, Male.
Prints.
Toy theaters.
Prints.
Toy theaters.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Item Details
Call number
ART Flat c15 no.55
Folger-specific note
Hand-colored and tinseled. Formerly Folger ART Inv. 1014.
Folger accession
cs1985