Plaque
ca. 1900 (made)
| Artist/Maker |
Concave porcelain plaque set in an oak frame, the plaque painted with a head and shoulders three-quarters portrait of Ellen Terry looking to her right as Portia in The Merchant of Venice, wearing a magenta robe and hat with a white collar beneath; in her disguise as a doctor of civil law, Act IV, scene 1.
Object details
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| Brief description | Plaque painted with an image of Ellen Terry as Portia in Shakespeare's play The Merchant of Venice, Act IV, scene 1. Painted porcelain in an oak frame |
| Physical description | Concave porcelain plaque set in an oak frame, the plaque painted with a head and shoulders three-quarters portrait of Ellen Terry looking to her right as Portia in The Merchant of Venice, wearing a magenta robe and hat with a white collar beneath; in her disguise as a doctor of civil law, Act IV, scene 1. |
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| Credit line | Given by the British Theatre Museum Association |
| Object history | Given to the British Theatre Museum Association by John Hall in March 1968 |
| Production | The maker's initials may be B.L.H as painted on the image. |
| Subject depicted | |
| Literary reference | Merchant of Venice |
| Other number | 1968/A/2 - BTMA accession number |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | S.222-1987 |
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| Record created | September 19, 2006 |
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