Mr. Kean in the Character of Macbeth March 20, 1815 Henry Meyer Meyer's stipple engraving reproduces a portrait by Harlow that shows the actor Edmund Kean as Macbeth, a role performed at London’s Theatre Drury Lane in 1814. Kean became a celebrity that season and his nuanced style of acting is here suggested. Between 1810 and 1820 Meyer made over 200 prints of actors, writers and leaders of British society published in "Contemporary Portraits" and the "New Monthly Magazine.". Mr. Kean in the Character of Macbeth. After George Henry Harlow (British, London 1787–1819 London). March 20, 1815. Sti
Mr. Kean in the Character of Macbeth March 20, 1815 Henry Meyer Meyer's stipple engraving reproduces a portrait by Harlow that shows the actor Edmund Kean as Macbeth, a role performed at London’s Theatre Drury Lane in 1814. Kean became a celebrity that season and his nuanced style of acting is here suggested. Between 1810 and 1820 Meyer made over 200 prints of actors, writers and leaders of British society published in "Contemporary Portraits" and the "New Monthly Magazine.". Mr. Kean in the Character of Macbeth. After George Henry Harlow (British, London 1787–1819 London). March 20, 1815. Stipple engraving. James Dunford (British, active 1812–15). Henry Meyer (British, London 1782/83–1847 London). Edmund Kean (British, 1787–1833). Prints
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