Mr Kean in the character of Shylock.
Engraver by H. Meyer, from a picture on ivory of the same size, painted from life in March 1814, by W.H. Watts.
London Pub.d May 2, 1814 by R. Barnard, Carver & Gilder, 44 Upper Titchfield Street.
Mezzotint. Sheet 270 x 190mm (10½ x 7½"). Trimmed to printed border on three sides, to plate at bottom, laid on album paper.
A portrait of actor Edmund Kean as Shylock, holding the butcher's knife with which he plans to extract his 'pound of flesh'. Chiaroscuro is used to bring out the menace of the scene.
[Ref: 44089] £190.00
London Pub.d May 2, 1814 by R. Barnard, Carver & Gilder, 44 Upper Titchfield Street.
Mezzotint. Sheet 270 x 190mm (10½ x 7½"). Trimmed to printed border on three sides, to plate at bottom, laid on album paper.
A portrait of actor Edmund Kean as Shylock, holding the butcher's knife with which he plans to extract his 'pound of flesh'. Chiaroscuro is used to bring out the menace of the scene.
[Ref: 44089] £190.00