The late Edmund Kean as Gloster : "Take up the sword, again, or take up me."

Creator:

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 (author)

Contributor:

Martin & Johnson, (New York, United States) (publisher); Kean, Edmund, 1787-1833 (actor); Buttre, John Chester, 1821-1893 (engraver)

Date:

1855

Description:

Play in Progress

Identifier:

(FURNESSTHEATER)furness_pke150_2_m

Subject:

Performance; Theater Biography; Gloster (character); King Henry VI (character); Lady Anne (Richard III) (character); Drury Lane Theatre, (place)

Resource Type:

Still Image

Form/Genre:

engravings (prints)

Physical Description:

27.0 x 19.0 cm.

Geographic Subject:

United States -- New York -- New York

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Play: King Richard III; Drury Lane Theatre - See Theatre Royal, Drury Lane.; Notes about John Chester Buttre: American engraver.; Entd. according to Act of Congress, AD. 1855, by Martin & Johnson in the Cks. office of the dt, Court of the Sn, dist, of New York.; Engraved by J. C. Buttre.; Three copies. Plate to: The complete works of Shakespeare, from the original text. New York: Martin, Johnson, and Company, [1854-1856].

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania: Furness, P/Ke150.2 M, Medium Box

Collection:

Furness Theatrical Image Collection (University of Pennsylvania)