"The actor George Frederick Cooke as Richard III, standing and turning with his right leg forward, arms to left, holding a scroll in his right hand, head turned and looking three-quarters to right, wearing regal red and gold costume with fur-trimmed robe, red hat with crown and feathers, purple breeches and spurred boots, sword at left hip."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Ha! Am I King? 'Tis so - but - Edward lives
Description:
Title etched within banners below image; the banner containing the actor's name is etched upon a vignette of theatrical attributes, while the banner containing lines from the play is etched beneath the vignette., "From a drawing in the possession of Thos. Harris Esq."--Etched at bottom of plate., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Leaf 25 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton.
Publisher:
Pubd. Decr. 1st, 1800, by Dighton, Charg. Cross, No. 12
Subject (Name):
Cooke, George Frederick, 1756-1812, Cooke, George Frederick, 1756-1812,, Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, Cooke, George Frederick, 1756-1812., Richard III, King of England, 1452-1485., and Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Subject (Topic):
Performances, Characters, King Richard III, Actors, Literature, British, and Theatrical productions
"The actor George Frederick Cooke as Richard III, standing and turning with his right leg forward, arms to left, holding a scroll in his right hand, head turned and looking three-quarters to right, wearing regal red and gold costume with fur-trimmed robe, red hat with crown and feathers, purple breeches and spurred boots, sword at left hip."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Ha! Am I King? 'Tis so - but - Edward lives
Description:
Title etched within banners below image; the banner containing the actor's name is etched upon a vignette of theatrical attributes, while the banner containing lines from the play is etched beneath the vignette., "From a drawing in the possession of Thos. Harris Esq."--Etched at bottom of plate., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., 1 print : etching ; plate mark 27.5 x 21.2 cm, on sheet 35.5 x 22 cm., and Printed on wove paper; hand-colored.
Publisher:
Pubd. Decr. 1st, 1800, by Dighton, Charg. Cross, No. 12
Subject (Name):
Cooke, George Frederick, 1756-1812, Cooke, George Frederick, 1756-1812,, Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, Cooke, George Frederick, 1756-1812., Richard III, King of England, 1452-1485., and Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Subject (Topic):
Performances, Characters, King Richard III, Actors, Literature, British, and Theatrical productions
Kean as Richard III, directed to the left, stands on a large volume with the word 'Shakespear' written on the top edge. Resting on his head and humped shoulders is a model of Drury Lane Theatre, a massive block, inscribed 'Whitbreads Intire.' On the roof is poised an ugly figure of Fame, blowing through a trumpet 'Puff Puff Puff', and holding behind her a second trumpet, from which issue the words 'Puff Puff P'. At the entrance to the theatre straddles a tiny Whitbread, his legs and arms projecting from a cask which forms his body; he says: "Now by St Paul the work goes bravely on" (altering Richard's words from 'this news is bad indeed'). Kean stoops, leaning on a cross-hilted sword, inscribed 'A Keen supporter'; he has misshapen bandy legs. He says: "Well, as you guess." He wears an ermine-trimmed cap encircled by a crown, slashed doublet and trunk hose, a sleeveless coat bordered with ermine and embroidered with a (Yorkist) rose, with flapped and spurred boots. (The figure, with the position of the arms altered, is a travesty of J.J. Hall's portrait of Kean interrogating Stanley on the approach of Richmond. The costume is correct.) The stage is indicated by curtains flanking the design. In the background are clouds of smoke.--Adapted from British Museum
Description:
Title from text etched below image., Complete imprint statement and dimensions supplied from British Museum impression., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of characters in the publisher's name.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 7th, 1814 by H. Humphrey, St. James's Street
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Kean, Edmund, 1787-1833, Kean, Edmund, 1787-1833,, Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616,, and Theatre Royal, Drury Lane (London, England)
