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Title Caricatures, cartoons and portraits of Edmund Kean, 1812-1833.
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 Performing Arts Research Collections – Theatre  *T-Vim 2011-343  folder 1    AVAILABLE  SUPERVISED USE
 Performing Arts Research Collections – Theatre  *T-Vim 2011-343  folder 2    AVAILABLE  SUPERVISED USE

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Description 21 drawings in 2 folders : color, b&w; ; 46 cm. x 60 cm. and smaller.
Summary Portraits, caricatures and cartoons, mostly in watercolor and ink, are of the English actor Edmund Kean by various artists. Includes portraits of Kean in various Shakespearean roles including Richard III and Othello, cartoons and caricatures depicting his career at the Drury Lane Theatre, by George and Robert Cruikshank among others, a mezzotint of Kean as Sir Giles Overreach in Philip Massinger's drama "A New Way to Pay Old Debts," engraved by Thomas Lupton and another mezzotint of him dressed as a chief of the Huron American Indian tribe engraved by G.F. Storm.
Subject Kean, Edmund, 1787-1833.
Theatre Royal, Drury Lane (London, England)
Actors -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Shakespearean actors and actresses -- Portraits.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. King Richard III -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Massinger, Philip, 1583-1640. A New Way to Pay Old Debts.
Genre/Form Caricatures -- 19th century.
Portrait drawings.
Portrait prints.
Added Author Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878.
Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856.
Lupton, Thomas Goff, 1791-1873.
Storm, G. F.
Research Call Number *T-Vim 2011-343