Mr. Kemble in the Character of Rolla

Samuel William Reynolds, Artist Thomas Lawrence, Artist John and Josiah Boydell, Publisher
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Mr. Kemble in the Character of Rolla

1803

Samuel William Reynolds (Artist) English, 1773-1835 Thomas Lawrence (Artist) English, 1769-1830 John and Josiah Boydell (Publisher) English

Mezzotint and etching printed in black on laid paper

image: 32 1/8 x 21 3/8 in. 81.5 x 54.2 cm sheet (trimmed within plate mark): 34 x 21 5/8 in. 86.3 x 54.9 cm

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Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Founders Society Purchase, Miscellaneous Gifts Fund

F72.283.266

This work is in the public domain.

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In plate, lower left: Painted by Thomas Lawrence R.A.; Engraved by S.W. Reynolds; center bottom margin: MR. KEMBLE IN THE CHARACTER OF ROLLA. / Pub. June 4, 1803 by J. & J. Boydell at the Shakespeare Gallery, Pall Mall, No. 90, Cheapside, London,; in pencil below stamp, verso: Noseda, London, 1876. / L i.i.x. (L represents symbol for pounds sterling)

Monogram stamp in black, verso: Frederic Halsey (Lugt 1308)

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Frederic R. Halsey, New York

Kennedy Gallery and Edith Cole Silberstein

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Samuel William Reynolds; after Thomas Lawrence, Mr. Kemble in the Character of Rolla, 1803, Mezzotint and etching printed in black on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Miscellaneous Gifts Fund, F72.283.266.

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Mr. Kemble in the Character of Rolla
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