Edmund Kean as Richard III
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Object Details
- Publisher
- A. Park, London, England
- Subject
- Edmund Kean, British, 1787–1833
- Author
- William Shakespeare, British, ca. 1564–1616
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Horizontal format. Figure of actor Edmund Kean playing the character of Shakespeare's King Richard III. Dressed in elaborately decorated costume and holding a sword, he reclines on a grassy lawn in the foreground with a concerned expression. In the background, an elaborate domed tent, flags, and soldiers.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Hamill and Barker
- 1839
- Accession Number
- 1961-105-19
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- figures
- Object Name
- Type
- Medium
- Hand-colored engraving, embossed foil, fabric on paper
- Dimensions
- 23.2 × 28 cm (9 1/8 in. × 11 in.)
- made in
- England
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1961-105-19
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq44a8dd3f3-4ceb-40ba-b186-e3e374bf38a8
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