Charles Macklin as Shylock in "The Merchant of Venice."

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Charles Macklin as Shylock in "The Merchant of Venice." Charles Macklin (1690 – 1797) was an actor and dramatist from Ireland. Shylock was his most famous role, and is depicted holding a set of scales and a knife, ready to take a pound of flesh. Copperplate engraving from "Bell's Shakespeare" published by John Bell, London, from 1775. Drawn by Parkinson.

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