John Palmer Junior as the Earl of Warwick
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From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
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From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
This print shows John Palmer dressed as the Earl of Warwick in a Shakespeare play. Charles Grignion made it in 1776, using ink on paper. John Bell published it in London the same day. The costume includes a cummerbund, a wide fabric belt worn around the waist. This print was part of a series of Shakespeare character portraits. Check out more works at the Victoria and Albert Museum.