John Philip Kemble as Richard III [graphic] / William Hamilton.
1787
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Title
John Philip Kemble as Richard III [graphic] / William Hamilton.
Created/published
ca. 1787.
Description
1 painting : oil on panel ; 21 7/8 x 18 1/4 in. (55.5 x 47 cm)
Associated name
Hamilton, William, 1751-1801, artist.
Material base
wood
Note
Versions: A small version is in the Dyce Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Another was in the collection of the American Shakespeare Festival Theatre before it was sold at Sotheby Parke Bernet, 15 January 1976, lot 107. It is now in a private collection in California (see Geoffrey Ashton "Paintings in the Mander and Mitchenson Theatre Collection," Apollo 114 [August 1981], p. 92, n. 5)
Exhibited painting: London, Royal Academy, 1788, no. 22, now in the Raymond Mander and Joe Mitchenson Theatre Collection (2.18 x 1.55 m.)
Engravings after original: Bartolozzi, 1789 (trimmed impression, ART Vol. b8, no. 69)
Title from Pressly.
Exhibited painting: London, Royal Academy, 1788, no. 22, now in the Raymond Mander and Joe Mitchenson Theatre Collection (2.18 x 1.55 m.)
Engravings after original: Bartolozzi, 1789 (trimmed impression, ART Vol. b8, no. 69)
Title from Pressly.
Source of acquisition
Purchased Stonehill, June 1947, $15, as by Stothard.
Exhibited
Exhibited: Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, "The Kemble Family: A Theatrical Dynasty," repr. p. 11, April-October, 1985.
Cited/described in
Pressly, W.L. Paintings in the Folger Shakespeare Library, 112
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Genre/form
Portrait paintings.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England.
Item Details
Call number
FPb24
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