1826
oil
panel
From the collection of Walters Art Museum
Ira Aldridge, Possibly in the Role of Othello is a 1826 oil by William Mulready, held at Walters Art Museum.
This painting shows a man in a suit of armor, looking directly at the viewer. He is wearing a red and gold patterned shirt under the armor, and there is a white flag with a red design on the left side of the image. The man's face is dark-skinned, and his hair is short and curly. The background of the painting is a landscape with mountains and a cloudy sky. The overall mood of the painting is one of strength and confidence. The painting is held at the Walters Art Museum.
William Mulready was an Irish genre painter living in London. He is best known for his romanticising depictions of rural scenes, and for creating Mulready stationery letter sheets, issued at the same time as the Penny Black postage stamp.
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