A specimen of Mr. K**n's acting, or, A little man of great parts! [graphic].

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Title: A specimen of Mr. K**n's acting, or, A little man of great parts! [graphic].
Alternative Title: Specimen of Mr. Kean's acting, or, A little man of great parts!
Little man of great parts!
Creator: Marks, John Lewis, printmaker
Contributor: Marks, John Lewis, publisher.
Published / Created: [ca. 1820]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. by J.L. Marks, 37 Princes St., Soho, and 28 Fetter Lane, Fleet Street
Abstract: "The actor Kean in part as Richard III appalled as his bastard son is presented to him by its mother as a beadle holds a court order for its maintenance at 7/6d a week."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Printmaker and date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1935,0522.11.111.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Matted to 30 x 41 cm.
Provenance: Alexandre Antique Prints, Maps & Books; January 2020.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 23.2 x 36 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1820
Etchings England London 1820
Material: etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Kean, Edmund, 1787-1833
Subject (Topic): Actors
British
Subjects: Kean, Edmund, 1787-1833 > Caricatures and cartoons
Actors > British
England > 1820
England > London > 1820

Access: Public
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