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Master Burke as Norval in Douglass [print].

Accession number
PML 143905.117
Published
London : By J.L. Marks, 17 Artillery St. Bishopsgate, June 28, 1828
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Title from item.
Below title: My mother's voice! can protect thee still. Act 5th.
At lower right, "Price Halfpenny Plain."
Forms part of a bound album containing a collection of prints published by J.L. Marks and the later firm of S. Marks and Sons (see "John Lewis Marks album," PML 143905).
Description
1 print : hand colored etching with stipple ; sheet: 247 x 199 mm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Full length portrait of child prodigy Joseph Burke as Norval in John Homes tragedy "Douglas"; Burke stands with legs apart, a sword in each hand, looking to the right.
Classification
Department