Mr Smith as the title character in William Shakespeare's Richard III, Covent Garden Theatre, 30 March 1761. In ermine-lined doublet, ruff collar, breastplate, hose, holding a sword en garde. William Smith, or Gentleman Smith, 1730-1819, popular English actor. Copperplate engraving after a portrait by Thomas Parkinson from John Bell's Edition of Shakespeare, London, November 1, 1775.

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