Detail View: LUNA: Folger Digital Image Collection: Mr. J.H. Barnes as Macbeth [graphic] / M. Stretch, Novr. 1, 1882.
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Digital Image File Name:
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36527
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Source Call Number:
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ART Box S915 no.4 (size L)
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Source Creator:
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Stretch, Matt, 19th cent., artist.
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Source Title:
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Mr. J.H. Barnes as Macbeth [graphic] / M. Stretch, Novr. 1, 1882.
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Source Created or Published:
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[November 1, 1882]
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Digital Image Type:
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FSL collection
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HAMNET CATALOG RECORD:
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Creator (Hamnet):
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Stretch, Matt, 19th cent., artist.
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Title (Hamnet):
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Mr. J.H. Barnes as Macbeth [graphic] / M. Stretch, Novr. 1, 1882.
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Date of Creation or Publ. (Hamnet):
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[November 1, 1882]
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Physical Description (Hamnet):
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1 drawing : pen and ink ; irreg. image 500 x 250 mm.
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Subject (Hamnet):
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Macbeth, depicted.
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Subject (Hamnet):
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Actors -- 19th century, depicted.
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Subject (Hamnet):
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Barnes, J. H. (John Henry), 1850-1925 -- Performances, depicted.
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Subject (Hamnet):
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Barnes, J. H. (John Henry), 1850-1925, depicted.
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Subject (Hamnet):
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Drawings -- 19th century.
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Subject (Hamnet):
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Macbeth, King of Scotland, 11th cent. -- In literature, depicted.
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Subject (Hamnet):
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Portraits -- Male -- 19th century.
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Subject (Hamnet):
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Characters -- Macbeth, depicted.
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Notes (Hamnet):
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History: Penciled note on back possibly indicates the date work was used for magazine illustration. Drawing was probably made into a woodcut as most of Stretch's portraits of this nature were.
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Notes (Hamnet):
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Provenance: Item was purchased by the Folgers from Henry Sotheran in 1905.
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Notes (Hamnet):
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Subject: Pencil note at top right corner on Folger copy gives quotation from Macbeth 'Stay ye imperfect speakers, tell me more'. According to Who was who in the theatre, Barnes supported Madame Ristori as leading man at Drury Lane, playing in Macbeth in 1882.
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Notes (Hamnet):
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Title derived from pencil note in upper right corner of drawing.
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Notes (Hamnet):
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Artist: Stretch was a figure and humorous artist who did illustrations for magazines.
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Notes (Hamnet):
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Full figure, standing to front, looking left, sword in right hand, shield in left. Title taken from pencil notation in top right hand corner. Signed M. Stretch Nov. 1 1882'. In pencil on back '2nd Dec 82'.
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Call Number (Hamnet):
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ART Box S915 no.4 (size L)
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