A Birmingham enamel theatrical portrait plaque c.1780-90, the oval form printed in manganese with a half-length portrait of Samuel Reddish in the role of Young Bevil, mounted in a gilt metal frame, some cracking, 8.2cm. Provenance: the Watney Collection. The print is taken from a 1777 engraving in Bell's British Theatre, signed I Roberts, of Mr Reddish in his role in The Conscious Lovers. Samuel Reddish (1735-85) was an actor and director from Frome, who played Macduff opposite Garrick's Macbeth in 1767. In 1779 he began to show signs of forgetfulness, and in 1785 is recorded as dying in the York asylum as a lunatic.
A Birmingham enamel theatrical portrait plaque c.1780-90, the oval form printed in manganese with a half-length portrait of Samuel Reddish in the role of Young Bevil, mounted in a gilt metal frame, some cracking, 8.2cm. Provenance: the Watney Collection. The print is taken from a 1777 engraving in Bell's British Theatre, signed I Roberts, of Mr Reddish in his role in The Conscious Lovers. Samuel Reddish (1735-85) was an actor and director from Frome, who played Macduff opposite Garrick's Macbeth in 1767. In 1779 he began to show signs of forgetfulness, and in 1785 is recorded as dying in the York asylum as a lunatic.
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