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Object Type
Museum number: Ee,3.57
Title: Object: Mr William Powell, of the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane
Description: Portrait, three-quarter length seated directed to left, holding an open volume of 'Othello' on right knee, left hand on a round table beside him, gesturing as he rehearses the part, looking away to right, wearing a long pale coat and dark suit with frilled cravat, own brown hair, with a portrait of Garrick hanging on the wall behind to left and bust of Shakespeare behind to right; after Pyle. Mezzotint
Producer name: Print made by: Samuel Okey (also publisher); After: Robert Pyle
School/style
Production date: 1764-1775
Production place: Published in: London (England)
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Height: 340 millimetres (trimmed); Width: 255 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: Okey also engraved and published a reduced version, showing the head and shoulders only: Russell 8a.
Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Subjects
Associated names: Portrait of: William Powell; Representation of: David Garrick; Representation of: William Shakespeare
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1818
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: Ee,3.57

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