Samuel Reddish as Edgar in King Lear, 1767
Mr. Reddish in the character of Edgar in William Shakespeare's King Lear, at Drury Lane Theatre, 21 October, 1767. In tricorne, ragged coat, breeches, waving a staff. Reddish was an English actor, best at playing beaux and noblemen in sentimental plays, who died in York Asylum, 1735-1785. Copperplate engraving by Charles Grignion after a portrait by Thomas Parkinson from John Bell's Edition of Shakespeare, London, Feb. 19th, 1776
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14008943
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45813289
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4586px x 7301px
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Credit
©Florilegius/Mary Evans
Source
Thomas Parkinson
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