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Prints: P1415
Title
Mr G.V.Brooke
Subject
Artist
Date
c.1851
Dimensions
height: 26.3cm
width: 18.6cm
width: 18.6cm
Other materials
etching, engraving
Inscription/signature
"MR.G.V.BROOKE AS SHYLOCK/ "If every ducat in six thousand ducats/ Were in six parts, and every part a ducat,/ I would not draw then; I would have my bond."/ MERCHANT OF VENICE, ACT 4, Sc1./ Engraved by T. Hollis from a Daguerreotype by Fitzgibbon of St. Louis, US/ THE LONDON PRINTING AND PUBLISHING COMPANY".
Provenance
Formerly in the collection of Professor Jim Davis, acquired by the Garrick Club in 2024
Other number
E0162
This print depicts the actor Gustavus Vaughn Brooke as Shylock. He stands full length, and wears a long dark robe and coat, with a white collar. he has a leather purse at his waist. Brooke wears a white wig, and white beard and moustache. His left hand is tucked inside his robe.
