Prints: P1371

Title

Miss Glyn as Constance

Subject

Glyn, Isabella

Character

Constance : King John

Artist

John Tallis & Company, London & New York [ Print made by ]
Greatbach, George ((engraver))Paine, William

Date

c.1851

Dimensions

height: 18.5cm
width: 26.6cm

Other materials

Engraving

Inscription/signature

"MISS GLYN AS CONSTANCE. / "To me, and to the state of my great grief, Let kings assemble; for my grief's so great / That no supporter but the huge firm earth / Can hold it up. Here I and sorrow sit : / Here is my throne; bid kings come bow to it." / KING JOHN. / Act 3. Sc 1. / Engraved by George Greatbach from a Daguerreotype by Paine of Islington. / JOHN TALLIS & COMPANY, LONDON & NEW YORK."

Provenance

Presented by Mr Michael Gaunt, March 2023.

Other number

E0136

Print of actress Isabella Glyn as Constance in Act 3, Scene 2 of 'King John' by William Shakespeare. Glyn is depicted seated on the ground. She props her body up by her right hand, her left arm is raised and she looks towards the left. She appears to be within a tent on the site of an encampment of a battle ground. A shield, sword and stool is placed to her right. She wears a crown and floor-length dress embelllished with studs on the neckline and medallions on the skirt hem. The image is set within a decorative frame.