About the Artwork
Mr. Kemble in the Character of Rolla
1803
Samuel William Reynolds (Artist) English, 1773-1835 Thomas Lawrence (Artist) English, 1769-1830 John and Josiah Boydell (Publisher) English
Mezzotint and etching printed in black on laid paper
image: 32 1/8 x 21 3/8 in. 81.5 x 54.2 cm sheet (trimmed within plate mark): 34 x 21 5/8 in. 86.3 x 54.9 cm
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Founders Society Purchase, Miscellaneous Gifts Fund
F72.283.266
Public Domain
Markings
In plate, lower left: Painted by Thomas Lawrence R.A.; Engraved by S.W. Reynolds; center bottom margin: MR. KEMBLE IN THE CHARACTER OF ROLLA. / Pub. June 4, 1803 by J. & J. Boydell at the Shakespeare Gallery, Pall Mall, No. 90, Cheapside, London,; in pencil below stamp, verso: Noseda, London, 1876. / L i.i.x. (L represents symbol for pounds sterling)
Monogram stamp in black, verso: Frederic Halsey (Lugt 1308)
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Frederic R. Halsey, New York;Kennedy Gallery and Edith Cole Silberstein
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Samuel William Reynolds; after Thomas Lawrence, Mr. Kemble in the Character of Rolla, 1803, Mezzotint and etching printed in black on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Miscellaneous Gifts Fund, F72.283.266.
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