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Artist
- Name:
- Meadows, Joseph Kenny
- Dates:
- 1790-1874
- Country:
- UK
Illustration
- Subject:
- People
- Technique:
- Metal engraving
- Format:
- Portrait (taller)
- Source:
- The Library of Congress, the Internet Archive
Book
- Title:
- The heroines of Shakespeare
- Author(s):
- Shakespeare, William
- Publisher:
- Boston: Phillips, Sampson & company, n.d. [1850?]
- Open Library:
- View record
Description
Portrait of Cleopatra, Antony’s lover in Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra. She is depicted in act 1, scene 5, wearing a headdress with hanging veils while tilting her head slightly to the right.
Keywords: 1850s, 19th century, antiquity, black & white, Egypt, female, portrait, Shakespeare, theater, Victorian
