Eddison Collection

License this image

To license this image or for more information please contact our Licensing team.

We can manage your request more quickly if you include the following information:

Image reference number: XXX
Title and author (if applicable)
Publisher/Producer/Broadcaster
Planned release date
Print run or number of units
Image size and position, example 1/4 page, full screen, front cover, inside
Languages/territorial distribution
Digital rights - format details and license period

Not currently on display at the V&A

Artist/Maker	Kean, Edmund (owner) Kean, Charles (owner)
Place of origin	London (made)

Portrait of 'The Grand Turk' in full costume. One page in an album of gouache drawings, 27, of various characters and their costumes, formerly owned by Edmund and Charles Kean, 18th century. Eddison Collection.

Object details

Categories	Drawings Entertainment & Leisure
Object type	Album
Title	Eddison Collection (named collection)
Materials and techniques	paper, card, glue or paste, pen and ink and gouache Paper Glue or Paste Pen and Ink Gouache Glueing Painting
Brief description	Portrait of 'The Grand Turk' in full costume. One page in an album of gouache drawings, 27, of various characters and their costumes, formerly owned by Edmund and Charles Kean, 18th century. Eddison Collection.
Physical description	Gouache painting depicting the Grand Turk wearing a long blue coat with an Ermine fur trim and collar. Underneath he wears a full length silver iridescent skirt and a matching vest with large gold embellishments. On his head the Grand Turk wears a white and red turban with a gold brooch fastened at the front.
Dimensions	Height: 28cm Width: 19.2cm Total including mount height: 34.5cm Total including mount width: 24.3cm
Marks and inscriptions	'The Grand Turk' (Written or painted in ink above painting.)
Summary	Portrait of 'The Grand Turk' in full costume. One page in an album of gouache drawings, 27, of various characters and their costumes, formerly owned by Edmund and Charles Kean, 18th century. Eddison Collection.
Collection	Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number	S.698:16-1997

About this object record

Explore the Collections contains over a million catalogue records, and over half a million images. It is a working database that includes information compiled over the life of the museum. Some of our records may contain offensive and discriminatory language, or reflect outdated ideas, practice and analysis. We are committed to addressing these issues, and to review and update our records accordingly.

You can write to us to suggest improvements to the record.

Suggest feedback

Record created	August 5, 2010
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1171038/eddison-collection-album-kean-edmund/

Download as: JSON IIIF Manifest

License this image

Download image

Object details

About this object record

You may also like