Eddison Collection
Album
18th century (made)
18th century (made)
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Portrait entitled 'The Moorish Pilgrim returning from Macca [i.e.Mecca]' showing a profile image of a male actor 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
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| Title | Eddison Collection (named collection) |
| Materials and techniques | paper, card, glue or paste, pen and ink and gouache |
| Brief description | Portrait entitled 'The Moorish Pilgrim returning from Macca' 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 a profile image of a man in a three-quarter length brown tunic trimmed with white fur, over a pale yellow undertunic and loose white trousers. He also wears bright red slippers and a loose pale brown and white turban and is carrying a white banner trimmed with a gold fringe over his right shoulder. Above the image is a title reading 'The Moorish Pilgrim returning from Macca' in pen and ink. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'The Moorish Pilgrim returning from Macca [i.e. Mecca]' (Written or painted in ink above painting.) |
| Summary | Portrait entitled 'The Moorish Pilgrim returning from Macca [i.e.Mecca]' showing a profile image of a male actor 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. |
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| Accession number | S.698:26-1997 |
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| Record created | August 6, 2010 |
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