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John Thornthwaite (b.1740, fl.1771-95)
Mrs Wells in the Character of Lavinia published 12 April 1785
Etching and engraving | 12.3 x 7.6 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 663653
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A print of Mary Wells as Lavinia in Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus. She is shown full length, facing the spectator, holding a spear in her right hand, with her left extended. This is a plate to John Bell's edition of Shakespeare.
For Bell's Shakespeare, see Kalman A. Burnim and Philip J. Highfill, John Bell, Patron of British Theatrical Portraiture. A Catalog of the Theatrical Portraits in His Editions of Bell's Shakespeare and Bell's British Theatre, 1998 -
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12.3 x 7.6 cm (sheet of paper)
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