Portrait of an unknown man, half-length directed to right, head turned slightly left, coat buttoned partway up to the last three holes, unbuttoned in a non-standard configuration. His shirt's bosom ruffles protrude near the neck. Crossed diagonal line...
Portrait of George Griffith after Robert White, half length in an oval, long hair, wearing bands and gown, holding a book; curtain in the background to left, bookshelf to right, with inscribed motto 'Most gladly would I Learne & gladly Teach'.
Pencil drawing of General John Burgoyne, British army officer, dramatist, and politician. Burgoyne is facing right framed by an oval decorated with a wreath design
Alternative Title:
General Burgoyne
Description:
Title from graphite pencil inscription in plaque design in image.
Portrait of Owen Glendower, the fourteenth-century Welsh ruler. Glendower is depicted quarter-length, wearing a helmet and a full suit of plate mail armor emblazoned with a hearaldic symbol of a single lion, rampant and langued
Ink and pencil copy of an eighteenth-century engraved portrait of John Watson, Church of England clergyman and antiquary. Watson is drawn half-length directed to the right, with his head almost in profile, right hand on hip, left holding a scroll in f...
Framed in an oval, the writer George Saville Carey is shown looking to his left while holding a mirror up in his extended right arm and holding a theater mask in his left arm, bent at the elbow
Quarter-length portrait of Henry Seymour Conway after Gainsborough, framed by oval design. Conway is in uniform, turned to the left with head facing and looking to the right
Full-length portait depicting Moses Kean imitating actor John Henderson in the grave scene in Hamlet. A picture on the wall behind Moses contains a likeness of the original scene with Henderson in the same character and attitude. Kean is directed righ...
Alternative Title:
Moses Kean as Hamlet
Description:
Title devised by cataloger.
Subject (Name):
Kean, Moses, -1792,, Henderson, John, 1747-1785, and Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Subject (Topic):
Performances, Portrait drawings, Actors, Imitation, Peg legs, and Handkerchiefs
