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Title
George Frederick Cooke as Iago [graphic] / after James Green.
Created/published
After 1801.
Description
1 painting : oil on canvas ; 30 5/8 x 25 in. (77.8 x 64 cm)
Associated name
Green, James, 1771-1834, artist.
Material base
canvas
Note
Original painting: Royal Academy, 1801, no. 127, as "Mr. Cooke in the character of Iago"; now in the Garrick Club, London, 49 1/2 x 39 1/2 in.
Engravings after original: Mezzotint by James Ward, 21 April 1801; an engraving by an anonymous artist of about the same date is mentioned in Highfill 1973-, vol. 3, p. 465.
Title from Pressly.
Engravings after original: Mezzotint by James Ward, 21 April 1801; an engraving by an anonymous artist of about the same date is mentioned in Highfill 1973-, vol. 3, p. 465.
Title from Pressly.
Publications about material
Highfill 1973-, vol. 3, p. 466 (no. 31), as Richard III by an unknown artist; Don B. Wilmeth, "George Frederick Cooke: Machiavel of the Stage," London, 1980, p. 288, as Richard III by an unknown artist.
Provenance
Provenance: Source unknown. This work has been confused with a watercolor of this subject bought from John Anderson, Jr. (see ART Box C772, no. 2, X-Large)
Exhibited
Exhibited: Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, "The Kemble Family: A Theatrical Dynasty," April-October, 1985, as "Cooke as Iago," by Green.
Cited/described in
Pressly, W.L. Paintings in the Folger Shakespeare Library, 111
Genre/form
Portrait paintings.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England.
Item Details
Call number
FPb23
Folger-specific note
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