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A selection of portraits with representations of characters from the stage, cinema or in writing. See also: 'Film-shots and stage sets' (Theme), 'Masks and disguises' (Dress), 'Fancy Dress' (Dress).

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Edmund Kean as Shylock in 'The Merchant of Venice'

by Unknown artist
etching, 1814 or before
On display in Room 11 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG L269.B8.01

Edmund Kean as Shylock

by Henry Meyer, published by R. Barnard, after Walter Henry Watts
mezzotint, published 2 May 1814 (March 1814)
On display in Room 11 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG L269.B8.02

Edmund Kean as Richard III

by Unknown artist
stipple, 1814 or before
On display in Room 11 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG L269.B8.04

Edmund Kean as Richard III

by and published by Charles Turner, after John James Halls
stipple, published 29 March 1814
On display in Room 11 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG L269.B8.06

Edmund Kean probably as Hamlet

by Unknown artist
etching, 1814 or before
On display in Room 11 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG L269.B8.07

Edmund Kean

by Unknown artist
etching, 1814 or before
On display in Room 11 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG L269.B8.08

Edmund Kean as Richard III

by and published by James Heath, and published by Clement Chapple, after Samuel De Wilde
stipple, published 12th June 1814
On display in Room 11 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG L269.B8.09

Edmund Kean as Richard III

by Thomas Blood, published by James Asperne, after Samuel Drummond
stipple, published 1st April 1814
On display in Room 11 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG L269.B8.10

Edmund Kean as Richard III

published by Charles George Dyer
stipple, circa 1814
On display in Room 11 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG L269.B8.11

Edmund Kean as Richard III

by Unknown artist
etching, 1814 or before
On display in Room 11 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG L269.B8.12

Edmund Kean

by Unknown artist
etching, 1814 or before
On display in Room 11 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG L269.B8.14

Unknown man

by Unknown artist
etching, 1814 or before
On display in Room 11 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG L269.B8.25

John Quick as Toby Allspice in Morton's 'The Way to Get Married'

by Edward Scriven, published by Clement Chapple, after Samuel De Wilde
stipple, published 1st June 1815
On display in Room 11 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG L269.B8.38