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1. "Mr. Charles Kean is seriously indisposed ..." [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1850]
- Call Number:
- Print01243
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from item., Date and place of publication supplied by curator., Caption continues: "He is suffering from the effects of overwork and consequent nervous exhaustion complicated by an attack of influenza." / Vide public Press., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Theatre; Exhaustion; Foot baths.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Kean, Charles John, 1811?-1868 and Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
- Subject (Topic):
- Shakespearean actors and actresses, Influenza, Fatigue, Dramatic criticism, Actors, Medicines, Correspondence, and Bowls (Tableware).
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > "Mr. Charles Kean is seriously indisposed ..." [graphic].
2. "Mr. Charles Kean is seriously indisposed ..." [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1850]
- Call Number:
- Print00620
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from item., Date and place of publication supplied by curator., Caption continues: "He is suffering from the effects of overwork and consequent nervous exhaustion complicated by an attack of influenza." / Vide public Press., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Theatre; Exhaustion; Foot baths.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Kean, Charles John, 1811?-1868 and Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
- Subject (Topic):
- Shakespearean actors and actresses, Influenza, Fatigue, Dramatic criticism, Actors, Medicines, Correspondence, and Bowls (Tableware).
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > "Mr. Charles Kean is seriously indisposed ..." [graphic].
3. Mr. Kean as Othello Act 5th, Scene 3rd / [art original]
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1828]
- Call Number:
- Drawings C697 no. 1 Box D115
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- One of a collection of four similar images; the others in this series are: Miss Hargraves as Amy; Madame Vestris as Don Giovani; Miss Bartolozzi as the page in The marriage of Figaro. Formerly part of an album (now lost), each on the same size sheet but different colors and attributed to different artists. Annotations in red ink are by the same hand. Presumably these collages, constructed from the same fabrics, were made by friends and exchanged as gifts. In this image, a full-length image of Edmund Kean as Othello constructed from parts of a print or prints while his costume and hat and their trimming are cut from satin cloth with additional decorated paper trimming and small metal buttons. This image is the only one of the four mounted on a secondary sheet, this one ruled as if from a ledger
- Description:
- Title written at bottom of sheet., Statement of responsibility written at top of sheet; "the author" is unidentified., and Date of production from recipient's note on the verso of one of the collages and other internal evidence.
- Subject (Name):
- Kean, Edmund, 1787-1833, and Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
- Subject (Topic):
- Actors, British, and Theatrical productions
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Mr. Kean as Othello Act 5th, Scene 3rd / [art original]
4. Mr. Macklin & Mrs. Pope in the characters of Shylock & Portia [graphic]
- Creator:
- Nutter, William, 1754-1802, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1789?]
- Call Number:
- 789.00.00.75++
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- The courtroom scene from Act 4, Scene 1 of Merchant of Venice when Portia reminds Shylock that the bond only allows him a pound of flesh, and makes no allowances for blood. Shylock, standing with a knife in his right hand and scales in his right, registers the disappointment and shock in his expression as he stands before Portia disguised as Balthasar, holding the bond. They are flanked by Antonio and Bassanio. In the background, the judge sits at his bench, his finger to his forehead. Below the title, Portia's lines: Have by some surgeon, Shylock, on your charge to stop his wounds lest he should bleed to death. Followed by Shylock's lines: Is it so nominated in the bond?
- Alternative Title:
- Mr. Macklin and Mrs. Pope in the characters of Shylock and Portia
- Description:
- Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Date based on last performance date of Macklin and Pope in the The merchant of Venice.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London
- Subject (Name):
- Macklin, Charles, 1697?-1797,, Pope, Elizabeth, approximately 1740-1797,, Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616., and Shylock (Fictitious character)
- Subject (Topic):
- Actors, British, Courtrooms, Portia (Fictitious character), and Theatrical productions
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Mr. Macklin & Mrs. Pope in the characters of Shylock & Portia [graphic]
5. [Moses Kean's imitation of Henderson's Hamlet] [art original].
- Published / Created:
- [1790?]
- Call Number:
- Drawings Un58 no. 20 Box D155
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- 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 right, head facing left wearing a tricorn hat; he has a wooden leg and arms outstrected to right hold a handkerchief
- Alternative Title:
- Moses Kean as Hamlet
- Description:
- Title devised by cataloger., Date from unverified data from local card catalog record., Printed clipping pasted to mount and dated 'Nov. 4 [18]26' in contemporary ms. hand: The late Moses Kean was a tailor, a stout-built man, with black bushy hair, and a wooden leg ... He was a very extraordinary mimic, particularly in imitation of C.J. Fox, which he gave occassionally at the Little Theatre in the Haymarket. Mr. Edmund Kean, the celebrated actor, owes his education to the above person, wo was his uncle. -Nollekens and his Times., Copy of an 18th century etching titled Mr. Kean's imitation of Henderson's Hamlet., and For further information, consult library staff.
- 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
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Moses Kean's imitation of Henderson's Hamlet] [art original].