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Paintings: G0048

Title

Spranger Barry

Technique

Oil on canvas

Subject

Artist

Dimensions

Height: 62.5cm
Width: 52.5cm
height (frame): 70cm
width (frame): 59cm

Provenance

Charles Mathews

Other number

Mathews 25
RW/CKA 361

Exhibition history

1833 London, Queen's Bazaar, Oxford Street, "Mr Mathews's Gallery of Theatrical Portraits" (25)

The bust on which Barry rests his left hand appears to be of Shakespeare. He wears a red garment, with brown fur trimming over his shoulders, and white shirt.
The handsome Irishman Spranger Barry,who "was less comfortable on stage in a modern dress than in a Roman shape or regimental uniform" (BD), rivalled Garrick as Romeo and excelled in such roles as Othello, Douglas, and Evander in “The Grecian Daughter”.
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