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Samuel De Wilde, 1748–1832, British, Portrait Studies of Actors including Mary Wells as Cowslip, John Kemble, Edmund Kean, and Sarah Siddons as Hermione, 1802
- Title:
- Portrait Studies of Actors including Mary Wells as Cowslip, John Kemble, Edmund Kean, and Sarah Siddons as Hermione
- Date:
- 1802
- Materials & Techniques:
- Graphite, red chalk, and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 9 1/16 × 13 1/16 inches (23 × 33.2 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and black ink, center: "DW | March 31st | 1802"; upper right: "April 1st 1802 | 2 Morning"; in graphite, center right: "Miss Mary Wells | 'Cowslip' "; lower center: "E Kean | 1802"; lower left: "Kemble"; lower center: "Kean"; lower right: "Mrs. Siddons | April <...> 1802"; lower right: "De Wilde | 1802"
Signed and dated in graphite, lower left: "DeWilde | 1802"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1975.4.1640
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- portrait
- Associated People:
- Hermione (character in The Winter's Tale)
Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
Cowslip (character in The Agreeable Surprise) - Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:12864
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