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Joseph Harris as Cardinal Wolsey

Print
late 18th century (published)
Artist/Maker
E. & S. Harding (publisher)
Harding, E. (engravers)
Harding, S. (artists)
Greenhill, John (artists)
Place of origin
Great Britain (published)

Print of Joseph Harris as Cardinal Wolsey, engraved by E. Harding Jr., drawn by S. Harding.


Object details

Categories
Entertainment & Leisure
Prints
Object type
Print
TitleJoseph Harris as Cardinal Wolsey (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Engraving on paper
Printing Ink
Paper
Print-Making
Engraving
Brief description
Print of Joseph Harris as Cardinal Wolsey, engraved by E. Harding Jr., drawn by S. Harding
Physical description
The print features a stipple engraving portrait of Joseph Harris in costume as Cardinal Wolsey in Shakespeare's Henry VIII.
Dimensions
  • Height: 25.2cm (approximately) (Note: Height measured is unmounted. Mounted height is 39.2cm.)
  • Width: 19.5cm (approximately) (Note: Width measured is unmounted. Mounted width is 26.5cm.)
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Joseph Harris, Comedian. / from an Original Picture in the Collection of the Earl of Oxford, at Strawberry Hill.'
  • 'as Cardinal Wolsey' (Written in ink at the bottom.)
Credit line
Gabrielle Enthoven Collection
Production
S.2080-2015, S.2081-2015, and S.2082-2015 are all affixed to the same mount.
Subject depicted
Harris, Joseph
Summary
Print of Joseph Harris as Cardinal Wolsey, engraved by E. Harding Jr., drawn by S. Harding.
Collection
Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number
S.2080-2015

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Record createdSeptember 22, 2015
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1322077/joseph-harris-as-cardinal-wolsey-print-harding-e/
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