Edmund Kean as Richard III
date: label: Date
content: 1839
name: label: Publisher
content: A. Park, London, England
label: Subject
content: Edmund Kean, British, 1787–1833
label: Author
content: William Shakespeare, British, ca. 1564–1616
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Tinsel picture in horizontal format. Figure of actor Edmund Kean playing the character of Shakespeare's King Richard III. Dressed in elaborately decorated costume and holding a sword, he reclines on a grassy lawn in the foreground with a concerned expression. In the background, an elaborate domed tent, flags, and soldiers.
place: label: made in
content: England
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Hamill and Barker
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1961-105-19
objectType: label: Type
content: figures
label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Hand-colored engraving, embossed foil, fabric on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 23.2 × 28 cm (9 1/8 in. × 11 in.)