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Mr. Kean in the Character of Macbeth

March 20, 1815
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Meyer's stipple engraving reproduces a portrait by Harlow that shows the actor Edmund Kean as Macbeth, a role performed at London’s Theatre Drury Lane in 1814. Kean became a celebrity that season and his nuanced style of acting is here suggested. Between 1810 and 1820 Meyer made over 200 prints of actors, writers and leaders of British society published in "Contemporary Portraits" and the "New Monthly Magazine."

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Object Information
  • Title: Mr. Kean in the Character of Macbeth
  • Engraver: Henry Meyer (British, London 1780–1847 London)
  • Artist: After George Henry Harlow (British, London 1787–1819 London)
  • Publisher: James Dunford (British, active 1812–15)
  • Sitter: Edmund Kean (British, 1787–1833)
  • Subject: William Shakespeare (British, Stratford-upon-Avon 1564–1616 Stratford-upon-Avon)
  • Date: March 20, 1815
  • Medium: Stipple engraving
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 11 9/16 × 9 7/16 in. (29.4 × 24 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Gift of Paul Jeromack, in memory of Robert Tuggle, 2016
  • Object Number: 2016.767.2
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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