Miss Smith as Portia. "There are some shrewd contents in yon said tetter / That stead the colour from Bassanios cheek" - Merchant of Venice.

Miss Smith as Portia.

"There are some shrewd contents in yon said tetter / That stead the colour from Bassanios cheek" - Merchant of Venice.
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Bibliographic Details
Contributors: Joly, Jaspar Robert, 1819-1892, donor
Summary:Sarah Smith, Mrs Bartley, (1783-1850), actress : Whole-length, to left, standing. As Portia in Shakespeare's "Merchant of Venice". With two lines of quotation.
Format: Prints & Drawings
Language:English
Published / Created: [Dublin] : [Walker], [November 1808].
Subjects:
Bartley, Sarah, > 1783-1850
Periodical illustrations > Irish > 1800-1810.
Portrait prints > Irish > 1800-1810.
Stipple engravings > Irish > 1800-1810.
Notes:In-house number: PA 1979.

Plate to Walker's "Hibernian Magazine", November 1808.

Physical description: 1 print : stipple ; image 12.5 x 7.9 cm., plate mark 18.3 x 11.1 cm., sheet 21 x 13.2 cm..

Citations/References: Catalogue of Irish Portraits / Rosalind M. Elmes. - Dublin, 1975 : p. 186.

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