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H Beard Print Collection

Print
28 March 1838 (published)
Artist/Maker
Graf, J. (printers (people))
Mitchell, J. (publisher)
Rittner & Goupil (publisher)
Morton, Edward (artist)
Chalon, Alfred Edward (RA) (artist)
Place of origin
London (published)
Paris (published)

Portrait of Charles Kean as Hamlet in Act II, Scene 2 of the play Hamlet, by William Shakespeare


Object details

Categories
Entertainment & Leisure
Prints
Object type
Print
TitleH Beard Print Collection (named collection)
Materials and techniques
Lithograph coloured by hand
Ink
Paper
Paint
Print-Making
Lithograph
Brief description
Portrait of Charles Kean as Hamlet in Act II, Scene 2 of the play Hamlet.
Physical description
Colour full-lemgth portrait of Charles Kean as Hamlet in Act II, Scene 2 of the play Hamlet, by William Shakespeare.
Dimensions
  • Print size height: 55.0cm
  • Print size width: 37.5cm
  • Total including mount height: 57.3cm
  • Total including mount width: 47.1cm
Subject depicted
Kean, Charles
Literary referenceHamlet
Summary
Portrait of Charles Kean as Hamlet in Act II, Scene 2 of the play Hamlet, by William Shakespeare
Other number
F.3-10 - H Beard collection numbering
Collection
Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number
S.226-1988

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Record createdJanuary 6, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O181490/h-beard-print-collection-print-morton-edward/
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