- Creator:
- Dickinson, William, 1746 or 1747-1823, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [26 June 1784]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3563 v.2 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Volume 2, page 37. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Hotspur on horseback at right, placing his hand on his chest and looking down at the Lady Percy standing at left in feathered hat with a handkerchief in her hands, accompanied by two woman, the elder holding the hand of a little girl, castle behind; after Bunbury."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker attribution to Dickinson from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1917,1208.2990., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Dedication etched below title: To Lady Williams Wynne, this print after an original drawing by H. Bunbury Esqr. is with the greatest respect dedicated by her Ladyships most obedient humble servant, W. Dickinson., Probably an illustration to Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part I., and Mounted on page 37 in volume 2 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd June 26th, 1784, by W. Dickinson, engraver & printseller, No. 158 New Bond Street
- Subject (Name):
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616., Percy, Henry, Lord, 1364-1403,, and Percy, Elizabeth, 1371-1444,
- Subject (Topic):
- Knights, Castles & palaces, Handkerchiefs, Children, and Arrivals & departures
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The parting of Hotspur and Lady Percy [graphic]
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- 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].