Mr Macready as Cassius and Mr. E. L. Davenport as Brutus
1850
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1850
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
Mr Macready as Cassius and Mr. E. L. Davenport as Brutus is a 1850 by Alexander Reid, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This print shows two actors in a famous Shakespeare play. They’re Cassius and Brutus from *Julius Caesar*. Alexander Reid made it in the early 1800s. It’s an engraved portrait, not a painting. The actors’ names and roles are noted in the museum’s record. Reid chose a print medium, so the lines are sharp and clear. Look up the Victoria and Albert Museum next.
The engraving depicts actors William Charles Macready as Cassius and Edward Loomis Davenport as Brutus in a scene from Shakespeare’s *Julius Caesar*, produced in the early nineteenth century. Part of the Harry Beard Collection, the portrait captures the two performers in character during a staging of the play.
Read the full account in the museum source.
Alexander Reid had a knack for catching actors mid-emotion, the kind of guy who’d linger backstage after a show just to sketch the sweat and fury on a face.
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