Miniatures: G0353

Title

Edmund Kean

Technique

Watercolour

Subject

Kean, Edmund

Character

Richard III : Richard III

Artist

Unknown

Dimensions

Height: 6.5cm
Width: 5.2cm

Other materials

Watercolour on ivory

Provenance

Presented by H. G. Rooth and Miss M. A. Rooth, 1924

Other number

CKA 536
Gift 422

Exhibition history

1992-93 London, Museum of Richmond "Edmund Kean" 1998 London, Christie's Institute "For Freedom's Battle - Heinrich Heiner and England"

Richard wears red boots with gold edging, white hose with gold bands, doublet with white sleeves, and a long sleeveless red jacket trimmed with ermine and gold. He is shown at the classic moment when he enters unhorsed at the Battle of Bosworth (Act V, scene 7).